# @playhousesquare on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CgPjaKFFSdh
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/14019832-playhousesquare-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-07-20T17:48:09.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Playhouse Square (@playhousesquare) — https://gondola.cc/playhousesquare

## Caption

Continuing with our #centennial commemorations, we recognize the acts of #togetherness that have kept us shining bright these past 100 years, and the different groups and organizations at the heart of Playhouse Square’s story. 💛✨ 
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Today we shine a light on the original visionaries behind the 1972 reclamation project that saved our beautiful theaters from demolition. 
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We are forever grateful to - Ray Shepardson, the first visionary; journalist William “Bill” Miller, who would document efforts to save and revitalize the theaters for 15 years; Elaine “Lainie” Hadden, then president of The Junior League who would go on to become president of Playhouse Square Association; lawyer Oliver “Pudge” Henkel, Jr., who would become the first chairman of the Playhouse Square Board of Trustees; his successor John F. Lewis; and Jacques Brel director Joe Garry and his cast Cliff Bemis, David Frazier, Providence Hollander and Theresa Pitteo, along with many, many others who dedicated their time, talents and treasures to the saving of Playhouse Square. #PSQ100
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#Cleveland #Community #ClevelandHistory #Theater #PSQDistrict #Ohio #OurStory

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togetherness, theater, centennial, psqdistrict, ohio, psq100, ourstory, community, clevelandhistory, cleveland

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