Allentown, Buffalo, New York

For the city in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, see Allentown, Pennsylvania

The Allentown district is a neighborhood in Buffalo, New York. The neighborhood is home to the Allentown Historic District.

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, Normal Avenue on the west, and 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.

Notable places

• Allendale Theater - home of the Theater of the Youth
• Arlington Park - redesigned by Frederick Law Olmsted; home to Frank Lloyd Wright while he worked in Buffalo
• Butler Mansion - currently UB's Jacobs Executive Development Center
• Day's Park - redesigned by Frederick Law Olmsted
• 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.
• Trinity Episcopal Church- Noted for its stained glass architecture.

Notable events

• Allentown Art Festival

References

• http://www.allentown.org/
• http://library.buffalo.edu/maps/buffalo-wnymaps/buffalo_neighborhoods.php#allentown