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A letter to the editor author writes about past reports that have recommended preserving the Mercer Theater.

Crises present opportunities. In late March, I wrote a column suggesting ways that Savannah could emerge from the pandemic as an even better destination city. My main argument was that we needed to take creative action to begin recalibrating downtown as a destination for locals as much as for tourists. In April, Thomas Wilson, city planning expert and author of “The Oglethorpe Plan,” argued in an op-ed in this newspaper that Savannah and Charleston should act immediately to address the dan...