Lansing Theatre

The Lansing Theatre was the second theatre built (after the Bijou Theatre) in Troy’s Lansingburgh neighborhood. It opened on November 26, 1914.
From the TROY TIMES:

With the opening of the Lansing Theatre in Lansingburgh to-morrow night the people of that section will be provided with a place of amusement of comfort, architectural beauty and excellent facilities for entertainment. The new playhouse is a moving-picture theatre of the highest grade, and the productions booked for the coming season are said to outclass in all respects any to which the amusement lovers of the section have been accustomed. The house is centrally located on 2nd Avenue, just above [100] 17th Street, and electric cars run directly to the doors. The theatre is entered through a handsome lobby fifty feet long, with tiled floor of artistic design, and walls and ceiling in white that make the aspect exceedingly bright, cheerful and neat. The auditorium is spacious and handsomely decorated, and the incline is so perfectly adjusted that an uninterrupted view of the screen can be had from any seat on the floor. Similar conditions exist in the gallery, which is reached by a broad stairway. The house is equipped with mission furniture and the side walls are beautifully tinted in old rose and buff. The interior is lighted by electricity and the handsome electric fixtures are so arranged and located that the light reaches the screen in a manner that will eliminate the complaints of eye strain so often heard in connection with moving-picture theatres. The seats are comfortably upholstered and in color harmonize artistically with the general scheme. The matter of safety first has been given due consideration, as there are ten wide exits on the main floor. Special attention has also been given the item of ventilation and the equipment in that respect is of the most improved type. The theatre will be conducted by Battaglia & Saperstein, two Trojans who have been sparing of neither expense nor trouble in constructing and equipping the house. Joseph Saperstein will be in charge and says it is his intention to conduct the finest photoplay house in Troy. Order will be maintained at all times, and it is the purpose of the management to cater to a patronage that appreciates wholesome, entertaining and high-class productions. The house will open to-morrow night under conditions most auspicious.

The theater burned down in the winter of 1950, and was demolished. The last pictures shown were Humphrey Bogart in “Tokyo Joe” & Jon Hall in “The Mutineers”.

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