{"id":451,"date":"2010-04-14T11:59:36","date_gmt":"2010-04-14T11:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/?p=451"},"modified":"2010-04-14T12:00:08","modified_gmt":"2010-04-14T12:00:08","slug":"the-plight-of-the-miramar-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/2010\/04\/14\/the-plight-of-the-miramar-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"The Plight of The Miramar Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Drama, inaction,\u00a0and politics continue to plague <a href=\"http:\/\/occinema.com\/2007\/08\/30\/miramar-theatre\/#more-158\" target=\"_blank\">San Clemente&#8217;s Miramar Theatre<\/a>. This past week, the city notified the long dormant venue&#8217;s current owner that he was in violation of city codes, due to a host of ongoing maintenance shortcommings. Naturally, this resulted in a round of finger pointing between the city and current owner, Marc Spizzurri; the city\u00a0even suggesting that they may be forced to step in, which could potentially result in a lien being placed on the property.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/MiramarTheatrePresentDay.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-450\" style=\"border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Miramar Theatre Present Day\" src=\"http:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/MiramarTheatrePresentDay-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Miramar Theatre Present Day\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/MiramarTheatrePresentDay-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/MiramarTheatrePresentDay-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/MiramarTheatrePresentDay.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>This latest bit of posturing comes after some two decades of demolition threats, ownership turnover, and\u00a0a few dozen fruitless revitalization concepts.\u00a0Just four years ago, the site was mired in a fierce debate over a redevelopment plan that would see the theatre razed for a 43,000 square foot residential development; the area&#8217;s historical society ultimately staving off demolition, but failing to procure an acceptable alternative to date.\u00a0As recently as this past year, the Miramar becoming the summer home for a live stage production was introduced, but a lack of interest from the city council quickly drove the idea under. Now, the city and the Miramar&#8217;s new owner face off, but neither side appears to have a concrete direction or\u00a0goal in hand.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>A far too common\u00a0predicament;\u00a0there is a general desire to save and honor a rare piece of history, but no party willing to invest in such an effort. As opposing sides bicker, ideas lose momentum to political indifference\/budgetary concerns, and investors balk\u00a0at\u00a0cost estimates, the Miramar Theatre continues to\u00a0decay.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drama, inaction,\u00a0and politics continue to plague San Clemente&#8217;s Miramar Theatre. This past week, the city notified the long dormant venue&#8217;s current owner that he was in violation of city codes, due to a host of ongoing maintenance shortcommings. Naturally, this resulted in a round of finger pointing between the city and current owner, Marc Spizzurri; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-theatre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":453,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451\/revisions\/453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}