Isis Theater
Salt Lake City, Utah
Open in 1908, the Isis Theatre was one of the first motion picture theaters in Salt Lake City. Its manager in 1910 was Max Florence, who a year later tried to blackmail the LDS Church by selling amateur photos of the Salt Lake Temple interior. Dan Kostopulos, a benefactor of underprivileged children, later renamed it the Broadway Theatre. In a 1976 press conference, Palace Theatre operator Lee Harper complained bitterly of persecution, made acusations of police brutality, threatened the life of a local judge, and accused the LDS Church of being involved with the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luthar King.
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Sandy to buy land that was planned for Proscenium
Deseret News, 22 September 2009
Article Summary:
- plans for the Proscenium development have been scraped due to the developer's funding drying up
- Sandy City plans to purchase the 5 acres from Scott McQuarrie for $5 million, then lease to a developer
- the land appraised at $8.7 million in December 2008, but was revised to $5.5 million last month
- the original Proscenium plans called for 40-story, 600-foot towers
- new plans could still include a theater, apartments, condominiums, or commercial development
