{"id":2530,"date":"2012-09-12T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T11:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/?p=2530"},"modified":"2015-01-08T13:37:32","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T18:37:32","slug":"april-29-1950-lobby-of-the-nixon-theater-shortly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/09\/12\/april-29-1950-lobby-of-the-nixon-theater-shortly\/","title":{"rendered":"Lobby of the Nixon Theater shortly before its doors closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\\\/thedigs\\\/2012\\\/09\\\/12\\\/april-29-1950-lobby-of-the-nixon-theater-shortly\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:80752127}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 626px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"626\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 626px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"626\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/09\/12\/april-29-1950-lobby-of-the-nixon-theater-shortly\/attachment\/2531\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"796\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"622\"> <img data-attachment-id=\"2531\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tumblr_ma77diZHQJ1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1080,844\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tumblr_ma77diZHQJ1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=300%2C234&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tumblr_ma77diZHQJ1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=800%2C625&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tumblr_ma77diZHQJ1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?w=796&#038;h=622&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"796\" height=\"622\" data-original-width=\"796\" data-original-height=\"622\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 796px; height: 622px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><em>April 29, 1950:<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>Morris Berman, a photographer for the Sun-Telegraph, slipped into the lobby of the Nixon Theater shortly before its doors were closed for good. He made this picture, which was captioned: \u201cThe hearts of all true playgoers will immediately comprehend the full meaning of this simple, yet eloquent, silhouette of a lone patron taking a sad departure in the early dusk of evening from the Nixon lobby. Memories of almost half a century slip into the shadows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>(Photo by Morris Berman, Sun-Telegraph)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nixon Theatre: &#8220;Memories of almost half a century slip into the shadows&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class='more-link' href='https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/09\/12\/april-29-1950-lobby-of-the-nixon-theater-shortly\/'>Look at the pictures<span class='screen-reader-text'>Lobby of the Nixon Theater shortly before its doors closed<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[945],"tags":[1014,1032],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tumblr_ma77diZHQJ1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=1080%2C844&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2315,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/11\/06\/election-machine-of-the-1960s\/","url_meta":{"origin":2530,"position":0},"title":"Election machine of the 1960s","date":"November 6, 2012","format":"gallery","excerpt":"In our archive library we found dozens of photographs in a folder labeled \u201cVoting Machines.\u201d","rel":"","context":"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/tumblr_md1hpklm1W1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=936%2C671&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":245,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2014\/09\/17\/do-you-know-the-locations-of-these-pittsburgh-steps\/","url_meta":{"origin":2530,"position":1},"title":"Do you know the locations of these Pittsburgh steps?","date":"September 17, 2014","format":"gallery","excerpt":"Pittsburgh and its steps are not unlike Pittsburgh and its bridges.","rel":"","context":"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/tumblr_nc0agaX4SM1rr5swxo3_1280.jpg?fit=1200%2C903&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4705,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2015\/01\/07\/pittsburghs-fallout-shelters\/","url_meta":{"origin":2530,"position":2},"title":"Pittsburgh&#8217;s fallout shelters","date":"January 7, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Allegheny County once nearly purchased a hole in the ground for $30,000.","rel":"","context":"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Fallout-shelters-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C883&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2357,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/10\/29\/y-a-tittle-agony-of-defeat\/","url_meta":{"origin":2530,"position":3},"title":"Y.A. 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