To: Town hall & opera house lovers: If you are in Michigan's U.P., or near Eagle River, Wisconsin, take a ride over to Iron River (halfway between Escanaba and Ironwood) and check out the third floor of the City Hall, where the old Opera House used to be. The city turned this space into a rec center for teens, without changing the essential structure--the balcony and the stage are still recognizable. I asked a city employee for permission to take pictures. She gave me a key and I browsed around. Real glad they saved this place. (I remember Pinckneyville very well.) Iron River had a theater called the Delft until the 70s or early 80s. My cousins and I went to Durango Kid movies and serials there all through the 50s. The story I heard was that it was torn down out of spite by feuding members of the family that owned it. Now there's just the shopping mall. Carol Slingo [log in to unmask]