June 16, 2010

Inside the historic Georgia Theatre

Wilmot Green, Kevin Hobgood
Wilmot Greene, Kevin Hobgood
David Camp paints outside the Georgia Theatre on Friday, July 22, 2011 in Athens, Ga. The theatre is expected to reopen for shows on August 1st after a fire that gutted the historic building in June 2009. (David Manning/Staff/david.manning@onlineathens.com)
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Wilmot Greene, Ric Wallace
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A view of the Georgia Theatre from the stage on Friday, July 22, 2011 in Athens, Ga. The theatre is expected to reopen for shows on August 1st after a fire that gutted the historic building in June 2009. (David Manning/Staff/david.manning@onlineathens.com)
Woodworker Landus Bennett and Georgia Theatre owner Wilmot Greene in Bennett's his woodshop on Thursday, March 3, 2011 in Farmington, Ga. Bennett milled the roofing timbers from the Georgia Theatre to be recycled into woodwork for the bars and other places inside the Theatre. Theatre owner Wilmot Greene says he is targeting to reopen on June 19th, the two-year-anniversary of the fire. (David Manning/Staff/david.manning@onlineathens.com)
Woodworker Landus Bennett, right, talks with Georgia Theatre owner Wilmot Greene, center, and builder Kevin Hobgood, left, in Bennett's woodshop on Thursday, March 3, 2011 in Farmington, Ga. Bennett milled the roofing timbers from the Georgia Theatre to be recycled into woodwork for the bars and other places inside the Theatre. Theatre owner Wilmot Greene says he is targeting to reopen on June 19th, the two-year-anniversary of the fire. (David Manning/Staff/david.manning@onlineathens.com)
The view of the stage as seen from the balcony as rebuilding of the Georgia Theatre continues on Monday, April 25, 2011 in Athens, Ga. (David Manning/Staff/david.manning@onlineathens.com)
Georgia Theatre owner Wilmot Greene Landus Bennett's woodshop on Thursday, March 3, 2011 in Farmington, Ga. Bennett milled the roofing timbers from the Georgia Theatre to be recycled into woodwork for the bars and other places inside the Theatre. Theatre owner Wilmot Greene says he is targeting to reopen on June 19th, the two-year-anniversary of the fire. (David Manning/Staff/david.manning@onlineathens.com)
Metal bolts and washers from the Georgia Theatre sit in woodworker Landus Bennett's woodshop on Thursday, March 3, 2011 in Farmington, Ga. Bennett milled the roofing timbers from the Georgia Theatre to be recycled into woodwork for the bars and other places inside the Theatre. Theatre owner Wilmot Green says he is targeting to reopen on June 19th, the two-year-anniversary of the fire. (David Manning/Staff/david.manning@onlineathens.com)
Woodworker Landus Bennett in his woodshop on Thursday, March 3, 2011 in Farmington, Ga. Bennett milled the roofing timbers from the Georgia Theatre to be recycled into woodwork for the bars and other places inside the Theatre. Theatre owner Wilmot Greene says he is targeting to reopen on June 19th, the two-year-anniversary of the fire. (David Manning/Staff/david.manning@onlineathens.com)
Woodworker Landus Bennett talks with Georgia Theatre owner Wilmot Greene, center, in his woodshop on Thursday, March 3, 2011 in Farmington, Ga. Bennett milled the roofing timbers from the Georgia Theatre to be recycled into woodwork for the bars and other places inside the Theatre. Theatre owner Wilmot Greene says he is targeting to reopen on June 19th, the two-year-anniversary of the fire. (David Manning/Staff/david.manning@onlineathens.com)
Work continues on the roof as rebuilding of the Georgia Theatre continues on Monday, April 25, 2011 in Athens, Ga. (David Manning/Staff/david.manning@onlineathens.com)
Charred timbers from the Georgia Theatre sit outside Landus Bennett's woodshop on Thursday, March 3, 2011 in Farmington, Ga. Bennett milled the roofing timbers from the Georgia Theatre to be recycled into woodwork for the bars and other places inside the Theatre. Theatre owner Wilmot Greene says he is targeting to reopen on June 19th, the two-year-anniversary of the fire. (David Manning/Staff/david.manning@onlineathens.com)
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Scott Orvold looks over the interior of the Georgia Theatre which now has a new floor substructure with bathrooms, storage space and office space as work continues in downtown Athens, Ga., on Friday Oct. 15, 2010. (David Tulis/Staff/david.tulis@onlineathens.com)
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Scott Orvold, left, looks over the substructure and interior of the Georgia Theatre with David Camp, right, who did some of the theatre renovation before last year's fire, as work continues on the Georgia Theatre in downtown Athens, Ga., on Friday Oct. 15, 2010. (David Tulis/Staff/david.tulis@onlineathens.com)
The substructure of the Georgia Theatre is in place and divided into bathrooms, storage space and office space as work continues on the Georgia Theatre in downtown Athens, Ga., on Friday Oct. 15, 2010. (David Tulis/Staff/david.tulis@onlineathens.com)
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