Stanley Theatre
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/buildings1066
- Street Address
- 2750 Granville Street
- Dates From
- 1930
- Material Type
- building
- Source
- Sun: Dec 3, 1988, p. D2, Robin Ward's Vancouver, illus.
- Vancouver Courier: Dec 14, 1994, p.1, Stanley theatre rescued, by Fiona Hughes.
- Vancouver Courier: Jan 22, 1995, p.3, City supports Stanley theatre, by Fiona Hughes.
- Vancouver Sun: Jan 19, 1995, p. A2, Stanley theatre's hopeful buyers set stage to end 'private sale' rumor, by Frances Bula.
- Province: Aug 16, 1995, p.A2, Setting our city stages, illus.
- Vancouver Sun: Feb 12, 1997, p.B1, Stanley Theatre to get $1.2 million from tobacco company, by Kerry Gold.
- Vancouver Sun: Apr 9, 1997, p.C6, The scene, by Kerry Gold.
- Province: Nov 28, 1997, p.B11, Stanley to be a jewel, by Damian Inwood, illus.
- Vancouver Sun: Nov 28, 1997, p.B1, Solve the mystery, illus.
- Westender: Dec 4, 1997, p.14, Stanley begins to show old spark, by Mary Frances Hill, illus.
- Vancouver Sun: Dec 9, 1998, p.C4, Stanley makeover deserves standing ovation; The Granville Street theatre has been updated in a way that retains its history and its neighbourhood character, by Robin Ward.
- Vancouver Sun: Oct 27, 1998, p.A16, Stanley and Commodore restore Granville's glory.
- Province: Oct 26, 1998, p.B1, The Stanley Swings open: A $5.8 million upgrade brings the theatre back to its Big Band heyday, by Damian Inwood.
- Vancouver Sun: Oct 24, 1998, p.D1, Welcome back Stanley, by Peter Birnie.
- Vancouver Sun: Oct 24, 1998, p.D14, Escaping at the Stanley, by Denny Boyd.
- Vancouver Magazine, Oct 1998, p.28, Footing the bill, by John Masters, illus.
- Westender: Aug 20, 1998, p.21, Stanley needs $3 million more.
- Westender: Oct 15, 1998, p.6-7, Stanley reborn: Lobby group realizes a $9 million dream with reopening of theatre in South Granville next Tuesday, by Tia Abell, illus.
- Georgia Straight: Oct 22-29, 1998, p.65-66, Staging a return to grandeur: Local theatregoers should applaud the Arts Club's long awaited revivl of the Stanley, by Trevor Boddy, illus.
- Notes
- Neighbourhood theatre (1930-1941).
- Famous Players theatre (1941-1991).
- Stanley Theatre Society (Arts Club and TheatreSports) leased from Famous Players (1991-1997). Take ownership March 1, 1997.
- Reopened October 1998.
Map Locations
49.261344,-123.138219