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Light the Lights,

Light the Lights,

As part of our on-going historic restoration of the Shea's Buffalo Theatre, lost monuments of the original theater from 1926 has been replaced by identical replicas: in 1995, we welcomed back the Main Street marquee, and in 2004, the iconic 65-foot-tall and 11,000-pound blade sign returned after a fifty-four year absence from Main Street.

"It was pretty emotional to see it go up. I think it's something many of us always dreamed would happen but thought never would," said Anthony C. Conte, Shea's president and chief operating officer. "If you look at the front of the building, it looks as it did in 1926."

Photo Credit: August 11, 2004

"It was pretty emotional to see it go up. I think it's something many of us always dreamed would happen but thought never would," said Anthony C. Conte, Shea's president and chief operating officer. "If you look at the front of the building, it looks as it did in 1926."

Photo Credit: August 10, 2004

You might notice that the "W" in Wonder looks odd - it's actually an upside-down "M"! We don't know how or why it was installed like that - was there a shortage of W's in 1926? But as a National Historic Site, Shea's Buffalo Theatre is obligated to maintain our Wonder Theatre exactly as it looked in 1926, letters and all.

Photo Credit: August 30, 2012

You might notice that the "W" in Wonder looks odd - it's actually an upside-down "M"! We don't know how or why it was installed like that - was there a shortage of W's in 1926? But as a National Historic Site, Shea's Buffalo Theatre is obligated to maintain our Wonder Theatre exactly as it looked in 1926, letters and all.

Photo Credit: October 12, 2012