Transgeneration 70

The only event held in Loew's State after the closing, and before the restoration began was Transgeneration 70, a benefit for the Cleveland Playhouse. By this time most of the fixtures had been stripped from the State. Three rows of floodlights wee strung across the lobby. A pair of arty broken mirrors were used at the back of the auditorium where a mural used to hang above a fireplace.  The event was held on a frigid Saturday night, January 23, 1970. Following this event, Loew's State would sit silent for the next three years, dodging the wrecking ball before the lobby was used for the Playhouse Square Cabaret and Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris.

 Frank Rich photo, from the Cleveland Memory Project.

 Ad from the Plain Dealer, January 18, 1970.

 From the Plain Dealer, December 28, 1969.

From the Plain Dealer, January 1, 1970.

From the Plain Dealer, January 18, 1970.

rom the Plain Dealer, January 24, 1970.