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Preservation Watch

The iPic chain of movie theaters wants to restore the Boyd Theater (which has sat vacant at 19th and Chestnut for 12 years), bringing it back into use as a movie house and restoring the exterior of the building. There's one catch, though: they claim that it would be a financial hardship to restore the interior, and plan to demolish it. [Plan Philly]