(left to right) President Judith Rodin, contractor Charles
Jowers and Shari Redstone, president of National Amusements, celebrate
the opening of The Bridge: Cinema De Lux at 40th and Walnut streets.
Guests at the Nov. 6 reception and ribbon-cutting toured the six-screen
theater, lounge and media immersion room before sitting down to
special showings of The Ring, Igby Goes Down,
8 Mile and Femme Fatale.
“Even though they themselves were wealthy and privileged men, they would be appalled by the impact and effect of money, not only on elections but on governance.”
Richard Beeman, the John Welsh Centennial Professor of History Emeritus, on what the founding fathers would think about today’s political atmosphere. (Philadelphia Inquirer, May 8, 2013).