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mahatmakanejeeves

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4. Here's an anecdote that's hard to beat:

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Sun Jan 28, 2024, 03:09 PM

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Lost Washington: the Knickerbocker Theater

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Crandall rebuilt the Knickerbocker in 1923 and reopened it as the Ambassador. As the Ambassador, the building survived until it was razed in 1969.

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Mark Frazer Says:
February 13, 2010 at 3:27 pm

Thanks for the photos. I went to the Ambassador theater to see Jimi Hendrix play a week long gig. I had no idea it was the rebuilt Knickerbocker.

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On the night of Saturday, January 28, 1922, the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapsed. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 OP

Over a century later, the pain of D.C.'s deadliest disaster still resonates mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 #1

Thanks for all of those additional details. erronis Jan 2024 #2

The snowfall set a record in Baltimore too. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 #3

Here's an anecdote that's hard to beat: mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 #4