Strand Theater (Washington, D.C.)
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The Strand Theater is an abandoned neighborhood movie theater, located at 5129–5131 Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue, Northeast, Washington, D.C., in the Deanwood
neighborhood.
The city bought the property out of foreclosure for $230,000 in September 2006.
Redevelopment was delayed.
It was named an endangered place by the D.C. Preservation League in 2007.
It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places
on November 25, 2008.
In 2010, developers received approval of a plan for redevelopment, of the theater, by the Board of Zoning Appeals.
Deanwood
Deanwood is a neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C., bounded by Eastern Avenue to the northeast, Kenilworth Avenue to the northwest, and Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue to the south....
neighborhood.
History
Abe E. Lichtman opened the movie theater, on November 3, 1928.The city bought the property out of foreclosure for $230,000 in September 2006.
Redevelopment was delayed.
It was named an endangered place by the D.C. Preservation League in 2007.
It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
on November 25, 2008.
In 2010, developers received approval of a plan for redevelopment, of the theater, by the Board of Zoning Appeals.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in the District of Columbia
- Theater in Washington D.C.Theater in Washington D.C.Theater companies and live theater venues in Washington, DC-Producing Theaters:*Adventure Theatre - *Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater - **Fichandler Stage**Kreeger Theater**The Black Box Theater at Arena Stage...
External links
- http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/22851
- http://dcmud.blogspot.com/2010/10/strand-theater-redevelopment-moves.html
- http://rmc-architects.com/portfolio/preservation/strand.htm