ALLENTOWN, BUFFALO, NEW YORK

The 'Allentown' district is a neighborhood in Buffalo, New York.

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Geography

Notable Places

Notable Events

References

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 Symphony Circle on the west, to Main street on the east, the neighborhood is generally centered around Allen Street.
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.

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

Notable Events

★ Allentown Art Festival

References

★ http://www.allentown.org/

★ http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/asl/maps/buf/a.html