Built about a hundred years ago, Spreckels Theater in downtown San Diego has been many things. The sign in the lobby said it started as a vaudeville house. Afterwards, it became a movie theater and now hosts live concerts and plays. For years, it had fallen into disregard - a victim of a seedy downtown that needed an economic and social revamp. Currently, downtown San Diego is gorgeous and alive and Spreckels is a sign of the good times. Remodeled to it's original Baroque splendor, this elegant old lady is destined to remain one of San Diego's premier architectural jewels.
We took the second graders to Spreckels Tuesday to see "Nate the Great". The mouth drop look in their eyes when they first walked into the expansive lobby was priceless-gaping in awe at the cherubs, balconies, angels, Neptune, crown moulding, sparkly lights, loge doors. Not to mention the begging "Can we sit in the balcony?" "What's a loge?" "Forget the balcony, can we sit in the loge?" Good times.
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