That's what's left of the terra cotta masterpiece, the Sattler Theatre, at 516 Broadway in Buffalo, New York, built by architect Henry L. Spann, on commission by John G. Sattler, a real estate tycoon who later owned a department store. It cost $35,000 to build it in 1914 (about $760,000 in 2010 dollars).
It later became the Broadway, then Basil's Broadway, and then the Joy Temple (a church), it was then abandoned and fell into disrepair.
In 2008, it was announced that the non-profit Western New York Minority Media Professionals Inc. would spend upwards of $1 million to renovate the vacant property for use as its headquarters and as a performing arts center.
I tried to call them, but their website offers a non-working number. Status of the project: unknown. This is what they proposed.
Click this link for a slideshow by the brilliant photographer, David Torke, of fixBuffalo blog, showing how The Sattler looked circa 2007.
