Allentown, Buffalo, New York
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The Allentown district is a neighborhood in Buffalo, New York.
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[edit] Geography
Allentown is the first neighborhood north of the Downtown Buffalo core. It borders the downtown theater and entertainment district to its south, and runs north to North Street at its northern edge. Running from Orton Place on the west, to Main street on the east, the neighborhood is generally centered around Allen Street and Elmwood Avenue.
Allentown is known for its community of artists, for its embrace of bohemian and gay culture, and for the civic commitment of residents to the historic and aesthetic sensibilities of the neighborhood. Allentown is one of Buffalo's premier areas for nightlife, dining, and antique shopping.
[edit] Notable Places
- Allendale Theater - home of the Theater of the Youth
- Arlington Park - home to Frank Lloyd Wright while he worked in Buffalo
- Butler Mansion - currently UB's Jacobs Executive Development Center
- Day's Park - an Olmsted Park
- Kleinhans Music Hall - home to the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
- Symphony Circle - Part of the extensive parks and parkways system designed for Buffalo by Frederick Law Olmsted
- Wilcox Mansion - Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site
- The Nickel City Housing Cooperative, Buffalo's first single-family housing cooperative, located in Edward Brodhead Green's historic Granger Mansion.
