http://austinist.com/2007/06/27/a_decade_of_del.php All comments for A Decade of Delight: Alamo Downtown Closes en-us 2009 Adam S Thu, 01 Jan 2009 12:41:20 -0600 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss aschragin@gmail.com aschragin@gmail.com 60 http://austinist.com/2007/06/27/a_decade_of_del.php#comment-1136918 http://austinist.com/2007/06/27/a_decade_of_del.php#comment-1136918 Comments Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:10:29 -0600 <p>:(</p> http://austinist.com/2007/06/27/a_decade_of_del.php#comment-1136310 http://austinist.com/2007/06/27/a_decade_of_del.php#comment-1136310 Comments Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:26:08 -0600 <p>As I was driving to work today I saw a flat bed truck driving south on the South Congress Avenue brdge. It was carrying the giant Alamo sign on the back. It was on its side, strapped down like a slain beast. It looked like Golliath being carried off by the Philistines. (sniff) My heart hurt. And then by hurt hurt. Let's get this Ritz thing up as soon as possible, eh?</p> http://austinist.com/2007/06/27/a_decade_of_del.php#comment-1136154 http://austinist.com/2007/06/27/a_decade_of_del.php#comment-1136154 Comments Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:11:35 -0600 <p>agreed!</p> http://austinist.com/2007/06/27/a_decade_of_del.php#comment-1135929 http://austinist.com/2007/06/27/a_decade_of_del.php#comment-1135929 Comments Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:50:31 -0600 <p>See? I love the place so much I can't write about it without a bunch of grammatical errors. D'oh.</p> http://austinist.com/2007/06/27/a_decade_of_del.php#comment-1135925 http://austinist.com/2007/06/27/a_decade_of_del.php#comment-1135925 Comments Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:47:31 -0600 <p>The Daily Texan also their entire life and arts page to the subject today. Ya'll should link to the Texan more. We did a nice little feature on White Denim a couple of months ago... Not that I have a horse in that race, or anything. *coughs* Anyway, this whole blogathon is really cool and makes me wish I had one -- just so I could write volumes about the Drafthouse. Truthfully, I've been trying to think of ways to sum up just how cool the place is and how much it's meant to me, but the words just aren't there. It's funny -- and maybe kind of wrong, but I'm not gonna worry about it -- that a movie theater can mean so much to so many people in such a profound way. All I know is, when I came to college at UT-Austin and first started going to the Drafthouse regularly, before I fit in and had a good of friends and had any real sense of what I was doing with myself, the Alamo was one place where I could go and feel like I belonged. In those uncertain times, to be able to go to a theater and share a genuine love for film with other people was important to me, as I'm sure it's been to lots of people. I have no doubt that the Ritz is going to totally rock, and that with the same old team doing their thing the Drafthouse's legacy is safe. But I'll miss the old space, definitely.</p>