{"id":12612,"date":"2017-02-02T18:11:37","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T02:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=12612"},"modified":"2017-02-02T18:11:37","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T02:11:37","slug":"going-going-gone-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=12612","title":{"rendered":"Going, Going, Gone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5013\" style=\"float: right; margin: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/userpicoutofbusiness.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"99\" \/>This post brings together a collection of news chum articles from the past weeks about things that have died, are dying, or will be dying &#8212; and no, I&#8217;m not talking about the American way of life. That was and will be covered in a separate post.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dead: Repertory East Playhouse<\/strong>. Well, at least as we knew it. REP went dark in January 2016 with no explanation (although I learned a little of the story), and there was just a bit of programming over 2016. <a href=\"https:\/\/signalscv.com\/2017\/01\/26\/city-leases-repertory-east-playhouse-enters-show-biz\/\">The Santa Clarita Signal is reporting that the City has leased the theatre for 3 years in order to preserve it as an art venue<\/a>. That makes it less likely that the REP of old will return, especially given current Equity rules.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dead (but Archived): Obama&#8217;s Whitehouse.Gov<\/strong>. When President Trump was inaugurated, the previous content of Whitehouse.gov disappeared. <a href=\"https:\/\/gcn.com\/articles\/2017\/01\/27\/white-house-broken-links.aspx\">Many viewed this as a harbinger of bad things, but it was really just a government transition at work<\/a>. Even so, we&#8217;ve been dismayed a week later to see what the new administration has done. That&#8217;s a separate post.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dying: The Circus<\/strong>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2017\/01\/15\/509903805\/after-146-years-ringling-bros-and-barnum-bailey-circus-to-shut-down?utm_source=facebook.com&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=npr&amp;utm_term=nprnews&amp;utm_content=20170115\">Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey is closing down<\/a>. So where can I run away to now?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sears Santa Monica<\/strong>. <a href=\"http:\/\/la.curbed.com\/2017\/1\/22\/14353854\/santa-monica-sears-closing-mixed-use-project\">The 1947 Sears in Santa Monica is closing, to be replaced by a mixed use development<\/a>. This is predictable given the trajectory of Sears and the age of the building, but it is sad none-the-less.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dead: Wax Presidents<\/strong>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/articles\/hall-of-wax-presidents\">The Hall of the Presidents and First Ladies in Gettysberg is closing, and they are disposing of the Presidents<\/a>. So where does a slightly used wax President go?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dying: Santa Monica Airport<\/strong>. It has finally happened. <a href=\"http:\/\/la.curbed.com\/2017\/1\/29\/14430748\/santa-monica-airport-closing-2028-park\">The FAA permitted Santa Monica to close its airport<\/a>. In 2028. To be replaced by a park.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dying: The Thrift in Thrift Shop<\/strong>. An interesting piece from Bargain Babe, <a href=\"http:\/\/bargainbabe.com\/thrift-shops-rip-off\/\">asking the question whether thrift shops are becoming a rip-off \/ overpriced<\/a>? Have the hipsters ruined it again?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post brings together a collection of news chum articles from the past weeks about things that have died, are dying, or will be dying &#8212; and no, I&#8217;m not talking about the American way of life. That was and will be covered in a separate post. Dead: Repertory East Playhouse. 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