, ▁High lands ▁residents ▁formed ▁an ▁organization ▁to ▁raise ▁aw aren ess ▁and ▁attempt ▁to ▁renov ate ▁and ▁re open ▁the ▁U pt own ▁( at ▁one ▁point ▁as ▁a ▁film ▁museum ▁named ▁after ▁Kentucky ▁native ▁D . W . ▁Griff ith ), ▁but ▁were ▁unable ▁to ▁raise ▁the ▁$ 1 ▁million ▁needed ▁for ▁the ▁project . ▁ ▁The ▁planned ▁renov ation ▁of ▁the ▁building , ▁which ▁involved ▁demol ishing ▁the ▁the ater ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁par king ▁lot , ▁was ▁st alled ▁by ▁a ▁slow ▁economy ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 9 0 s . ▁While ▁the ▁building ▁was ▁in ▁lim bo , ▁several ▁alternate ▁uses ▁were ▁proposed , ▁such ▁as ▁turning ▁it ▁into ▁a ▁public ▁library ▁branch , ▁dance ▁hall ▁or ▁a ▁modern ▁ 8 - screen ▁c ine plex . ▁This ▁uncertainty ▁al ar med ▁neighb ors , ▁and ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁building ▁being ▁listed ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 0 ▁" most - end anger ed " ▁buildings ▁in ▁Louis ville . ▁ ▁The ▁c ine plex ▁plan ▁gained ▁the ▁most ▁support , ▁both ▁from ▁developers ▁and ▁local ▁polit icians , ▁and ▁for ▁a ▁while ▁seemed ▁to ▁be ▁in ▁the ▁serious ▁planning ▁stages . ▁However , ▁many ▁neighb ors ▁opposed ▁it , ▁cit ing ▁concerns ▁about ▁security , ▁traffic ▁and ▁par king , ▁and ▁developers ▁eventually ▁dropped ▁the ▁cinema ▁plan . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁a ▁modern ▁multi - screen ▁cinema ▁opened ▁a ▁few ▁blocks ▁away , ▁in