Olympic Theater

12 Broadway Street,
Buffalo, NY 14203

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lostmemory
lostmemory on July 7, 2009 at 6:37 pm

July 1915: Manager Denzlnger of the Olympic Theater, Buffalo, recently gave a free show for the benefit of many newsboys who sell the Enquirer of that city.

lostmemory
lostmemory on April 21, 2008 at 3:09 pm

Photos can be seen here. Status is demolished as already mentioned by arl in the above comment.

arl
arl on February 8, 2008 at 3:05 pm

This theater was located at 12 Broadway, present site of the Rand Building. Originally a
church, it was remodeled in 1901 to become the Lafayette Burlesque. In 1914, a $35,000
remodeling made it the Olympic Theater. Vaudeville and some movies were shown, until
1922, when a movies only policy began. The Olympic was very close to all the new movie
palaces that were opening on Main St, and probably couldn’t compete. It was purchased
in mid 1920s and was immediately torn down. It was replaced by the Rand Building,
Buffalo’s tallest structure, at that time.