Broadway Theatre
512 Broadway,
Buffalo,
NY
14204
512 Broadway,
Buffalo,
NY
14204
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With it’s impressive terra-cotta front, the Basil’s Broadway is located on the East Side of Buffalo. Located at 516 Broadway, near Jefferson Avenue, the Broadway was originally built as the Sattler Theatre, designed by architect Henry L. Spann.
It was opened in 1914, at a cost of $35,000 and replaced the older Casino Theatre on it’s site. The theater was a movie theater right from the beginning, and didn’t have a stage.
The Sattler Theatre didn’t last long, as around 1920, the theater changed hands and was renamed the Broadway. A Marr and Colton two-manual organ was installed a few years later.
Some years later two brothers, the Basils, took over operation of the theater and it was once again renamed, this time to the Basil’s Broadway.
Currently, the theater sits abandoned, after it’s most recent use as the Joy Temple, a church. It’s fate remains uncertain.
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Great news! Please keep us informed if you hear anything else as time goes on….
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Here is an update on the sale of this theatre. Please note the new owners envision showing movies again.
LOUB: I just received notice of this article through a local Buffalo friend’s email. I, too, made note that the new owners envision showing movies again. I wish them well as this theatre deserves to be saved.
LOUB: Send me an email () and I will give you the name of the Buffalo friend as you just might know him if you are in the Buffalo area.
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The above site has an update on the theatre restoration.
Any update on any restoration on this theater?
I just heard recently that 2 men want to restore the theater. I don’t know what type of use they have in mind though.
www.thebroadwaytheatre.net
2011 photo of the Sattler Theatre courtesy motionblur.
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Here’s a blog post with some images of the Sattler. Sattler Theatre