Urban Theatre
1211 Broadway,
East McKeesport,
PA
15035
1211 Broadway,
East McKeesport,
PA
15035
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I mistyped the address in my previous comment. The theater was at approximately 1211 Broadway.
A history of Saint Robert Bellarmine church says that the Urban Theatre was located on Broadway, part of a site later occupied by a Rite Aid store. The Rite Aid in East McKeesport, now closed itself, used the address 400 Lincoln Highway, which is an alternate name of the cross street, Greensburg Avenue. Historic aerial views show that the theater was at the north end of the block, and extended back from Broadway to Fifth Avenue, the next street east. From the historic aerial views it looks like the auditorium section was demolished long ago, and the front section, which once house Irene’s Restaurant, was knocked down by 2004, when the Rite Aid was developed. The space occupied by the theater became part of Rite Aid’s parking lot.
There are no buildings on the theater’s site now and an exact address can’t be found, but using the address 2011 Broadway at Google maps will put the pin icon just about where the theater’s entrance must have been.