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The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government terminated the operating contract with The Kentucky Theatre Group, Inc. at the company's request. In September 2021, the Mayor recommended that the management contract be given to the Friends of the Kentucky Theatre, a non-profit 501(c)(3).
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Originally built as a movie house, the Lyric opened at the corner of Third and Deweese Street (now Elm Tree Lane) in 1948. It became a thriving entertainment hub for Lexington's African-American community. [4] Its architecture was a blend of Art Deco and Spanish Colonial Revival styles. Wrote Janet Holloway in an article for Smiley Pete Publishing,
A postcard from this era on display at the Lexington History Museum reads: We Make a specialty of serving private parties High-class Service, 40c Lunch, PHOENIX HOTEL, Fireproof, Lexington, Ky. Lucretia Hart Clay, the wife of statesman Henry Clay, had business ventures selling eggs, butter and milk to the Phoenix Hotel during the 19th century. [6]
Taylor is a longtime filmmaker in Hollywood, having directed movies starring Luke Wilson, Val Kilmer, Hilary Duff, Kris Kristofferson, Kelsey Grammer, Dolph Lundgren and more.
Demolition is expected to begin this fall and new construction in spring 2023.
A.J. Bakunas (October 23, 1950 – September 22, 1978) was a stunt performer who died doubling for George Kennedy in a fall from the Kincaid Towers in Lexington, Kentucky, for the film Steel (1979). Born in Fort Lee, New Jersey , Bakunas quit his job as a gym teacher at Tenafly (N.J.) High School in 1974 and set out to break into the film industry.
The original Two Keys Tavern, a legendary University of Kentucky campus-area bar, closed in 2020 after 66 years and filed for bankruptcy. But owner Seth Bennett retained the trademark on the name.