The Philharmonic Auditorium was designed by architect Charles F. Whittlesey built in 1906. Stiles O. Clements remodeled in 1938, but it was demolished in the mid-1980s. Photograph caption dated August 5, 1958 reads, "Opening yesterday of tickets sales for 'The Music Man' coming to the Philharmonic Auditorium August 18, brought crowds that averaged 2000 from opening to closing hours of the Civic Light Opera boxoffice. Lines extended along Fifth Street and into Hill and Olive streets adjoining."
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