Strand Theatre
3609 Forbes Avenue,
Pittsburgh,
PA
15213
3609 Forbes Avenue,
Pittsburgh,
PA
15213
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This was a theatre in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh. It was about three blocks from the University of Pittsburgh and about four from Forbes Field.
The only film I can recall seeing there as a child was “Little Abner”, and even then, Stella Stevens made an impression on me ! :)
There was also a theatre in downtown Mt. Oliver which used to show triple bills of science fiction films (one was “Reptilicus”). All I recall of it was that the building was made of brick and took up an entire block.
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As I was reading this, a sign that said, “Strand Bowling” flashed in my brain. I open the picture, and there it is. Thanks Mr. Aubrey.
Googling shows a bunch of fast food places at 3615 Forbes Avenue (not street, is there a difference?). I counted Baja Fresh, a bagel store and a pretzel shop.
Yep those are all there.
The Chipotle restaurant mentioned on 4/22/06 is at 3619 Forbes, which is a new building. 3615 is an older building, three or four stories, with retail on the ground floor.
I know some info on this building. Who knows when it was changed, but the building’s address is now 3609 Forbes. As far back as I know from the 80’s and 90’s..the Strand Theater became a hub for bars. It house the legendary Upstage…The Attic…and Club Laga. Club Laga closed years back to make ‘upscale loft’ apartments. Then the Attic closed, and The Upstage held on until December of 2006, and is now a grocery store! When Upstage closed and was being gutted, they found TONS of buried old movie memorabilia and theater remnants under the floors and in the walls!
Renewing link.
Above the theater was a 36 alley bowling alley 2 floors of Duck Pins third floor Ten Pins.I sat up pins there in 1944 & 1945 I was 15.Cost of bowling was 35 cents a line.The other show on Atwood St was the New Oakland (also called the Boom-Boom )I lived in Oakland from 1934 till 1948 at 400 S.Craig St.Now called Lu Lu
The best show was the Schenley Theater,second was the Strand,third was the New Oakland many people would not go in the Oakland.
I went to this theater which showed mostly 2nd run movies several times while in college in the early 1950’s, Unusual theater design in which the audience entered the auditorium from behind the screen. The theater organ was no longer there.
The Strand Theatre was in operation by 1916. The January 22 issue of The Moving Picture World said that it would open about the first of February. Like several other Rowland & Clark houses of the period, the Strand was designed by architect Harry S. Bair.