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Efforts fail to save historic Alaska theater from demolition

** HOLD FOR STORY ** FILE - The 4th Avenue Theatre is seen in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on March 29, 2006. Demolition will begin in August 2022 on the once-opulent downtown Anchorage movie theater designed by the architect of Hollywood's famed Pantages Theater. The 4th Avenue Theatre with nearly 1,000 seats opened in 1947, and it withstood the second most powerful earthquake ever recorded. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)

** HOLD FOR STORY ** FILE - One of the gold- and silver-leaf murals of Alaska wildlife, industries and Mount McKinley hangs in the main room of the 4th Avenue Theatre in Anchorage, Alaska, on March 29, 2006. Demolition will begin in August 2022 on a once-opulent downtown Anchorage movie theater designed by the architect of Hollywood's famed Pantages Theater. The 4th Avenue Theatre with nearly 1,000 seats opened in 1947, and it withstood the second most powerful earthquake ever recorded. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)

** HOLD FOR STORY ** FILE - Jeff Griffin, left, and RC Edwardsen board up the 4th Avenue Theatre in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on May 22, 2009. Demolition will begin in August 2022 on a once-opulent downtown Anchorage movie theater designed by the architect of Hollywood's famed Pantages Theater. The 4th Avenue Theatre with nearly 1,000 seats opened in 1947, and it withstood the second most powerful earthquake ever recorded. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)

** HOLD FOR STORY ** Fencing surrounds the 4th Avenue Theatre in Anchorage, Alaska, on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. Demolition will begin in August 2022 on the once-opulent downtown Anchorage movie theater designed by the architect of Hollywood's famed Pantages Theatre. The 4th Avenue Theatre with nearly 1,000 seats opened in 1947, and it withstood the second most powerful earthquake ever recorded. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

** HOLD FOR STORY ** Fencing surrounds the 4th Avenue Theatre in Anchorage, Alaska, on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. Demolition will begin in August 2022 on the once-opulent downtown Anchorage movie theater designed by the architect of Hollywood's famed Pantages Theatre. The 4th Avenue Theatre with nearly 1,000 seats opened in 1947, and it withstood the second most powerful earthquake ever recorded. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Efforts fail to save historic Alaska theater from demolition