Below is an email comment about the Granada that a friend in Buffalo sent to me:
“The website is wrong – yes, there is a gas station on the corner, but the auditorium was behind the gas station on Winspear where the parking lot is.”
Don Lewis: Great photos of a theatre I do remember when I was living in Wichita Falls (1970-1971). Hubby was with the USAF at Sheppard in the finance office.
LAF: Thanks for the opus 501 link which led me back to the organ tracking site that I have viewed to learn about the Opus 1616 travels once it left the demolished Paramount/Buffalo.
Lost: Your Feb. 2, 2008 photo link doesn’t work and would love to see more photos, if possible. From what I’ve read this was a major theatre in Buffalo that is now gone to the ages! A shame!
max3: I just read your Grand Theatre post and now this one as the 2 theatres weren’t many miles apart in NYS and in PA. Great memories and I so wish that both these theatres still existed.
Ron: Thanks for your on site description and yes, so much for “historic preservation” in an historic city! Go figure! At least there is a nice marquee and facade yet NOTHING behind it…sort of like a “bun with no meat” as Simon on American Idol recently referred to one of the female singers after she sung! It’s the gal from Mesa AZ.
Lost has come through again though I must say that every time I view the photo of this theatre at the top I just shake my head that the City of Wooster let this theatre go to the ages! That marquee was Awesome!
KevinS: Your recent posts with photos is truly amazing and awe inspiring as to what can be done to an original theatre that is loved and cared for by the local citizens. I can’t wait to see it, in person, when attending another wonderful organ recital.
More interesting to read is that the Wurlitzer left the building in 1969 and in 1972 shows up at an Armory in Cleveland…where was it for those 3 years?
And after reading many of the previous posts it would be interesting to see a present day photo of the City Centre lobby though it bears no resemblance of its theatre past. Just curious as to how it was designed and appears today!
Could anyone give us details of when this theatre was razed (rear section)and what was sold as the amount of interior artifacts must have been numerous included the Wurlitzer sale. I’m sure at the time there were newspaper articles about this theatre and its demise from Main Street.
blfofan: Interesting to read so many of the old theatre phone numbers on so many of the Buffalo related CT links. I wish we still had the letter prefixes as they were cool.
Warner Lady: I recently sent Brian Sheridan an email about the progress of the Warner Theatre coffee table book and now 3 months after posting the above post am still wondering. Please send me an email at as I would like to chat with you about the former Warner Wurlitzer organ and the possiblity of the Warner ever having another organ again after almost 40 years without one. Interesting to read that the Wurlitzer that was installed in the Warner in 1931 “left the building” in 1969 and is now in an Armory in Cleveland. Why was this decision made, if you know?
Yes, great photo! BTW, I never heard back from Beth Dunlop.
Below is an email comment about the Granada that a friend in Buffalo sent to me:
“The website is wrong – yes, there is a gas station on the corner, but the auditorium was behind the gas station on Winspear where the parking lot is.”
Don Lewis: Great photos of a theatre I do remember when I was living in Wichita Falls (1970-1971). Hubby was with the USAF at Sheppard in the finance office.
“The site of the theater is today a parking lot for a convenience store.” What a darn shame!
Lost: Sorry to hear that, but do like the way you phrase the “facts of the theatre photo” matter!
LAF: Thanks for the opus 501 link which led me back to the organ tracking site that I have viewed to learn about the Opus 1616 travels once it left the demolished Paramount/Buffalo.
Lost: Your Feb. 2, 2008 photo link doesn’t work and would love to see more photos, if possible. From what I’ve read this was a major theatre in Buffalo that is now gone to the ages! A shame!
LOUB: Great news!!
Ron: Good news…after all!
thelatonia: Great to read your recent post! Hope to visit the theatre again this summer!
Lost: The marquee photo is impressive, but even more impressive when seen in person! Looking straight up at it from the sidewalk is awesome!
max3: Thanks for your recent posts and I will be emailing you, of that you can be sure!
max3: I just read your Grand Theatre post and now this one as the 2 theatres weren’t many miles apart in NYS and in PA. Great memories and I so wish that both these theatres still existed.
Ron: Thanks for your on site description and yes, so much for “historic preservation” in an historic city! Go figure! At least there is a nice marquee and facade yet NOTHING behind it…sort of like a “bun with no meat” as Simon on American Idol recently referred to one of the female singers after she sung! It’s the gal from Mesa AZ.
Lost has come through again though I must say that every time I view the photo of this theatre at the top I just shake my head that the City of Wooster let this theatre go to the ages! That marquee was Awesome!
KevinS: Pictures of the organ console? Great! Has the organ been refurbished, too?
KevinS: Your recent posts with photos is truly amazing and awe inspiring as to what can be done to an original theatre that is loved and cared for by the local citizens. I can’t wait to see it, in person, when attending another wonderful organ recital.
More interesting to read is that the Wurlitzer left the building in 1969 and in 1972 shows up at an Armory in Cleveland…where was it for those 3 years?
And after reading many of the previous posts it would be interesting to see a present day photo of the City Centre lobby though it bears no resemblance of its theatre past. Just curious as to how it was designed and appears today!
Could anyone give us details of when this theatre was razed (rear section)and what was sold as the amount of interior artifacts must have been numerous included the Wurlitzer sale. I’m sure at the time there were newspaper articles about this theatre and its demise from Main Street.
Bob: This is Patsy….please send me an email with what you know concerning Opus 1616 which was in this theatre! I have now made contact with “D. Unks”!
And don’t forget the wonderful Wurlitzer organ recitals held each month on Wednesday nights. Go the theatre website for details.
blfofan: Interesting to read so many of the old theatre phone numbers on so many of the Buffalo related CT links. I wish we still had the letter prefixes as they were cool.
And I have received the wonderful book about Playhouse Square in Cleveland…a wonderful read!
Warner Lady: I recently sent Brian Sheridan an email about the progress of the Warner Theatre coffee table book and now 3 months after posting the above post am still wondering. Please send me an email at as I would like to chat with you about the former Warner Wurlitzer organ and the possiblity of the Warner ever having another organ again after almost 40 years without one. Interesting to read that the Wurlitzer that was installed in the Warner in 1931 “left the building” in 1969 and is now in an Armory in Cleveland. Why was this decision made, if you know?