Lovejoy Theatre
1020 E. Lovejoy Street,
Buffalo,
NY
14206
1020 E. Lovejoy Street,
Buffalo,
NY
14206
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In the American Motion Picture Directory 1914/1915 this is listed as the Lovejoy Palace Theatre, 1202 Lovejoy Street. It is still listed as the Lovejoy Theatre operating at this address in the 1950 edition of Film Daily Yearbook.
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This is the address for the Lovejoy Pool:
1171 E Lovejoy St
Buffalo, NY 14206
I’ve never made it to this former theatre, but will try this summer and report back here.
If your going there in the summer, bring your bathing suit. :)
LOL! I thought about adding that comment to my post! I think the original looking front doors are beautiful so I look forward to seeing them. They remind me of what one might have seen at the old Greyhound Bus Terminals. Check out www.roadsidearchitecture.com
The Lovejoy Pool is featured in the book Silent Screens by Michael Putnam.
Located at 1171 Lovejoy, phone number 1960: HUmboldt 8310
There were actually three Lovejoy Theaters. (And because of renumbering of Lovejoy St, there may
some address confusion). The first theater was a storefront, known as the Lovejoy Palace. This
opened around 1909, and closed in the teens. The second Lovejoy was opened in 1919 by Sam
Rappaport. He also ran the nearby Avon for some years. This Lovejoy was closed in the 1940s,
but soon after this family opened the New Lovejoy at 1169 Lovejoy. This was an Art Deco Theatre
designed by William Spann. This was the last new, single screen theater, built in the city of
Buffalo. The Rappaport ran the show until 1975. New owners reopened the theater and ran
it until 1979. Later the City took it over, and converted it into an indoor swimming pool.
The second Lovejoy was a grocery for time, its present status unknown.
That is interesting. The information in the introduction above is really combining at least two of the Lovejoy theaters into one. That information should be changed.
In 1935 there is a 341 seat Lovejoy theater listed for Buffalo, NY. That is probably the second Lovejoy theater. In 1955 there is an 800 seat Lovejoy theater listed at the address given above. That information could be used in the introduction.
I’ve updated the street view to the Lovejoy Pool building, which has the address 1171 E. Lovejoy Street, at the corner of Gold Street. The building is obviously the former third Lovejoy Theatre, built in the 1940s. I think I might have seen a rendering of the Lovejoy in an issue of Boxoffice a couple of weeks ago, but I can’t remember which issue it was and I’ve been unable to find it again.