Father Pitt

Why should the beautiful die?

The Stanley

Entrance and marquee

The Stanley was designed as a silent-movie palace, but opened in 1928, just as talkies were making a revolution in the movie business. The architects were the Hoffman-Henon Company of Philadelphia. It was the biggest theater in Pittsburgh when it opened, and as the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts it is still our biggest theater now.

Stanley Theater
Marquee
Benedum Center
A picture of the Loew’s Penn, now known as Heinz Hall, that got stuck in here by accident. Father Pitt would have taken it out, except that a kind commenter identified it, and old Pa Pitt does not like to disappear his mistakes,
Niche
Benedum Center
Canon PowerShot SX150 IS; Nikon COOLPIX P100.

The skyscraper behind the theater is the Clark Building, which was built at the same time and designed by the same architects as part of the same development package.

More pictures of the Stanley Theater.

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2 responses to “The Stanley”

  1. Michael Moricz

    Surely that fourth photo is of Heinz Hall and not the Benedum.

    Reply
    1. Father Pitt

      You’re right, of course. It must have got mixed up when we were sorting pictures in a hurry. Thank you for pointing it out.

      Reply

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