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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Majin" data-source="post: 2843701" data-attributes="member: 13265">~ Gabriel ~Looking deeper, Gabriel finds the following additional information:Robert Allen/The Allen FoundationRobert Allen's grandson, George, started the foundation in 1953 to manage the family's real estate assets and use their revenue to fund charitable organizations. George died in 1968 leaving a daughter Jessica, who managed the foundation until her death in 1983. Today the trustee of the Allen Foundation is Richard Jacobs. In a newspaper article, he says the title is mostly ceremonial, and that the long-time staff of the foundation do most of the work.The Allen Foundation had an earlier incarnation of sorts as the Allen Home for Children, a small private orphanage started by Robert Allen in 1892. In 1937, it ceased operations and the staff and children were transferred to the much larger St. Matthew's Orphanage, a Catholic home for orphans that still exists today and is a widely respected institution.The Sound and Light ClubThe Sound and Light Club existed before and after prohibition, and that its tenancy in the basement of the Paradise was only temporary. The SLC began as a social club for Freemasons in 1900, but soon evolved beyond its Masonic roots into a private club for businessmen and politicians. In the 1940s, the Sound and Light Club sponsored an annual carnival to raise money for children's charities. The group shut down in 1953, its popularity among the city's moneyed classes usurped by the Rotary Club and the steady loss of early members to old age. During its lifetime, the group was based in a variety of locations throughout downtown. All the addresses the club had were within six blocks of the paradise.A 1985 newspaper article about the history of charitable groups in the city makes brief mention of the SLC's short-lived carnival fundraisers of the 1940s. A surviving SLC member, Frank Long is quoted in the article.Unfortunately, nothing further could be found about Arnold Langtree.~ Roger ~"Certainly," Sara replies and hangs up shortly after giving Roger directions if he needs them.~ Vincent ~~Steven~Steven and Vincent approach from opposite ends of the street. It's daylight, nearing to evening, but the sun has been absent, shrouded in clouds. The Paradise stands on a dirty street. Across the road sits a car with no tires, cryptic orange graffiti scrawled on the back window, probably just a police marker that the car needs to be towed, but its hard to tell. As you walk up to the Paradise, the baroque facade is darkened with grime, but the marquee is clean, the neon crisp and alight, letters placed to form a message: PARADISE IS COMING BACK. A woman on a ladder holds a piece of plastic formed into the the word THE, and she carefully places it above the other words. She sees you both and calls a hello, then climbs down the ladder to greet you. She's a compact woman with deep-set green eyes, freckles, and long brown hair, wearing blue jeans and a flannel shirt with the sleeves pushed up to the elbows. She introduces herself as Sara Landry, head of Metro Arts.</blockquote>

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