Alamo Theatre marks 105 years
The Alamo Theatre on Main Street in Bucksport turned 105 on Feb. 18. That makes her the second oldest still-standing theater in the state of Maine, according to Northeast Historic Film Executive Director David Weiss.
Northeast Historic Film is the parent organization of The Alamo.
The Alamo is surviving her second pandemic, the first being the 1918 flu outbreak, thanks to the generosity of supporters who have continued their memberships despite the temporary closure.
The theater closed March 14, 2020, and hopes to reopen when it is safe to do so, according to Weiss.
“So, in keeping with tradition, we’re closed for the pandemic,” Weiss quipped. However, the 1918 closure was for about six weeks.
Representatives of real estate development firm Hall Emery and a number of their partners recently formally broke ground on 17th & Grand, a 165,000-square-office building that’s expected to be complete late next year. The project builds on Emery Hall’s work on the nearby 18th & Chet building, which opened in 2019. Local company Cooper Steel, one of the project’s equity investors, has signed on to lease 18,000 square feet and will move its headquarters to the building in early 2023.
The 17th & Grand project team include ESa Architects, Lee Company and JE Dunn with FirstBank providing construction financing. JLL Broker Kevin Ziomek represented Cooper Steel on its lease. In addition to its office space, the building will include structured parking, street-level retail, fitness and conferencing spaces and an outdoor roof terrace.