History has been renewed at the Lansdowne Theater. Shuttered for nearly 40 years, the near-century-old space has been restored to its former glory.
The theater original opened in 1927. An electrical fire caused it to close in 1987. After years of sitting empty the space got new life with a restoration project that took nearly 20 years.
Lansdowne Theater is on the historic register. A blast from the past that remains one of the few Philadelphia theaters that dates back to Hollywood movie era of the 1920s…