Historic Lansdowne Theater Corporation

Historic Lansdowne Theater Corporation

 

The Historic Lansdowne Theater Corporation, a private non-profit corporation was established to purchase and rehabilitate the Lansdowne Theater as a place of public entertainment. The reopening of the 1,280 seat theater will catalyze the revitalization of Lansdowne’s historic business district and make the arts, especially live music, more accessible to patrons from throughout the Philadelphia region.

Once restored, the theater will be operated by one of the region’s leading independent music promotion companies. They will program the theater with nationally and internationally known classic rock, singer-songwriters and adult-alternative music. The Historic Lansdowne Theater Corporation retains a block of dates on which it will provide community programming.

The design has been completed for the restoration of the historic theater and building addition.

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As of January 2022, the design team comprised of:

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• Atkin Olshin Schade Architects (architectural design)

• Acentech (audio-visual and acoustics consultant)

• Bruce E. Brooks & Associates (mechanical and electrical engineer)

• Columbus Construction (construction manager)

• E.B. O’Reilly & Associates (HVAC engineer)

• H. Gilroy Damon Associates (civil engineer)

• Keast & Hood Structural Engineers (structural engineer)

 

Because so many of the original seats were long ago removed or damaged all of the seats were removed. The new seats will be replicas of the original.

 

Remediation of asbestos throughout the building was completed in January 2022.

 

We await funding decisions from several public entities. We are hopeful that the project will receive commitments during the late winter/early spring to complete the $16 million project cost.

 

As soon as 100% of the funds necessary are secured a 12-month construction project will be undertaken.

Board of Directors

 

Robert Jara
President

John Carpenter
Vice President

Brian Flounders

Treasurer/Secretary

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Louis Pavone, CPA
Assistant Treasurer

Robert Correia

Steve Eberle
Nathan Hall
Suzanne McShane Hall
Nichole Shustack, Esq.

Stephanie Strassel

 

Matthew Schultz

Executive Director/CEO

 

Advisory Committee

 

Joseph Mettimano
Todd Murray
Lou Wheeler

 

The Historic Lansdowne Theater Corporation is a non-profit corporation operating under Section 501(c)3 of the IRS Code. The HLTC was established in 2006 to restore and reopen the now-shuttered 1927 Lansdowne Theater. The theater is located at 29-37 North Lansdowne Avenue in the heart of historic Lansdowne, Pennsylvania.