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But valuable design elements, such as the ceiling, plaster work, proscenium, colonnades, statues and decorative wall features, remain inside.
The “good news,” Sapounzi said on Friday, is that plaster statues and medallions in the theatre are still “substantial enough” that they could be saved for display in the future development.
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What's stopping some of these from being removed for preservation right now? One would think many of them would need to be taken out anyway before any structural work could be done, never mind demolition.
They'd end up being lost if the building were to collapse.