Strand Theatre
1800 Clinton Street,
Buffalo,
NY
14206
1800 Clinton Street,
Buffalo,
NY
14206
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Closed or stopped its newspaper listings in 1964.
I remember “The Strand” as we called it in the 1960’s as a place us teenagers could go and dance every Friday night. They had bands and the place was always packed! There were no seats, just the stage and we had the whole place just for dancing. Great memories and lots of fun to keep us teenagers busy.
This item from the November 25, 1922, issue of The American Contractor must be about the Strand Theatre:
“Karkew” is an obvious typo for Krakow, the cross street near the theater. The Vassiliadis brothers were noted as owner-operators of the Clinton-Strand Theatre in the February 20, 1926, issue of Motion Picture News.The architectural firm of Lewis & Hill designed several theaters in Buffalo and the surrounding region, but this is the only one I’ve yet been able to identify. Robert A. Hill was active as an architect at least as late as 1938. I haven’t been able to find Lewis’s first name.
In 1926 this theatre was called the Clinton and by 1929 it was listed as the Clinton-Strand.
The original post (abvoe) from Nov 2, 2008 at 4PM reads.
Information on the original Strand Theater is under Mark Strand.
posted by arl on Nov 2, 2008 at 4:00pm
We wondering exactly where this listing is…. We can’t find it.
Thank you.
The Strand Theater on Main St was referred to as the Strand and Mark Strand, it was operated
by Mitchell and Moe Mark, who also ran the Mark Strand in New York City. Mitchell Mark died in
1918, and Moe ran the both theatres, and one in Rochester after that.
Not knowing how to contact “arl” in a different way, we are unable to find a listing for The Mark Strand Theater in Buffalo. Would “arl” be kind enough to post the exact URL for this?
We’re thinking “arl” is referring to the Mark Strand in NYC, not the one in Buffalo.
Information on the original Strand Theater is under Mark Strand.
That view is from behind the theater. If you follow the streets around to the front, you will see that is almost unrecognizable from Lost Memory’s photo of 3/9/08.
Does anyone have information about the ORIGINAL Strand Theater on Main Street?
Years?
Address?
Thank you.
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Here is correct link.
All I get is a map of the US.
The building, still standing, is now the Autumnwood Senior Center.
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Phone number 1960: TRiangle 2940
The original Strand Theater was on Main St in downtown Buffalo. It closed in 1923, the same
year the Clinton St Strand opened. It was a two story brick structure that also housed two
small stores. Nicholas Basil and his brothers opened this theater, and operated it until it
closed. This family eventually ran a 10 theater circuit. The Strand was a second run house,
with little nearby competition. It closed in 1962, the same year Basil closed their flagship
Lafayette Theater in downtown Buffalo. It became the Strand Ballroom, after the movies
ended. In the 1980s it was known as Autumnwood Manor.