When it looked as if the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts was headed down the drain, some of its wealthy patrons took a risk by extending their own credit to get construction started — to the tune of $16 million.
Now, those...
Several months after groundbreaking, the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts marks another milestone with its first scheduled concrete pour.
It involved about 26 tons of concrete, which is approximately the weight of 18 Beetle...
photo by Winter Teems
“Yes Virginia – miracles do happen.”
After more than 20 years of ‘never-say-die’ - dedicated work (and fund-raising) by hundreds of arts-lovers who have long...
Windermere residents Frank Santos and Dan Dantin have pledged $250,000 to the new Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, which broke ground in June in downtown Orlando.
Santos, a 40-year hospitality-industry veteran, is the chief...