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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 Deanwood is a neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C., bounded by Eastern Avenue to the northeast, Kenilworth Avenue to the northwest, Division Avenue to the southeast, and Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue to the south. One of Northeast's o ...
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
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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 This is a list of properties and historic district, districts in Washington, D.C., on the National Register of Historic Places. There are more than 600 listings, including 74 National Historic Landmarks of the United States and another 13 places o ...
* Theater in Washington D.C.


References


External links

* http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/22851 * http://rmc-architects.com/portfolio/preservation/strand.htm {{Registered Historic Places Theatres on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. Art Deco architecture in Washington, D.C. Theatres in Washington, D.C. Theatres completed in 1928 1928 establishments in Washington, D.C.