Code,400011,
Subject,Tom Einhouse,
Date,11/17/2005,
Interviewer,Bridget Sekuterski,
Abstract,"In this 2005 interview, Thomas H. Einhouse, Vice President for Playhouse Square Real Estate Services, discusses his involvement with Playhouse Square as well as his personal upbringing in Lakewood, Ohio, in the 1950s and 1960s.  Mr. Einhouse has a business degree from Baldwin-Wallace College, and after working for a time with Belkin Productions in the early 1980s, began working at Playhouse Square.  He discusses his involvement as the project director for the renovation of the Allen Theatre.  He also discusses the value in preserving buildings like the theaters of the Playhouse Theatre District, not only for historical reasons, but also because preserving buildings is most often cheaper than razing them and building new buildings.  At the time of the interview, he was managing the real estate owned by Playhouse Square Foundation, which includes the four theaters and three office buildings; was developing residential units in the office buildings; and was looking at preserving the Public Auditorium with its 10,000 seat forum.",
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1,"Born in Lakewood, Ohio 1958 - ""lot simpler"" time; large family; he still lives in Lakewood.",
2,Degree in business from B-W; current job - managing real properties for Playhouse Square.,
3,At Belkin Productions first; then to Playhouse Square in 1978.,
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5,Earliest Playhouse Square memory - Loew's Christmas Present to Cleveland in 1964--after fire at Ohio Theater; Theater was painted red.,
6,Project manager for restoration of Allen Theater.,
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10,Role of Evergreen Studios in restoring Allen to original design.,
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13,Artists David and Maria Suter.,
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15,Recreating the original elements (especially colors) of the Theater.,
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18,Describing the restoration process.,
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20,How costs sometimes compel use of alternates.,
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24,Story of metal v. wooden-backed seating,
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26,Story about architect's donation to project.,
27,Social value in restoring these old theaters.,
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30,Housing in the Theater District-- as much as in the Warehouse District.,
31,Former president of League of Historic American Theaters,
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33,Vice President of Cleveland Restoration Society - advocacy role,
34,Involved in Public Auditorium review.,
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36,Also involved in Lakewood schools renovation projects.,
37,Cost benefit in restoring and renovating old buildings rather than new construction.,
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39,Importance of the Euclid Corridor project to Playhouse Square.,
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41,Enumeration of the theaters and buildings owned by Playhouse Group.,
42,Planned future housing development east of Hanna building.,
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