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Nearly 40 years after the cherished Capitol Theatre was demolished, Saskatoon heritage advocates want to bring it back.

Peggy Sarjeant, president of the Saskatoon Heritage Society, thinks now is the perfect time to consider reassembling parts of the downtown cinema that remain hidden in storage or are leased out.

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The wrecking ball swung into the theatre at 6 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 1, 1979, according to a story in The StarPhoenix.

The demolition proceeded despite efforts by heritage advocates, including Sarjeant, to try to save the 1,600-seat theatre that opened on May 11, 1929.

“We still have people who talk about the theatre,” Sarjeant said in an interview on Thursday. “Lots of memories of it.”

She has written a letter to city council’s planning, development and community services committee, asking the city to explore the possibilities of reassembling part of the theatre using the artifacts that were preserved.