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.