Centered on Main Street and bounded by Chippewa, Pearl, Edward, Goodell, and Washington Streets, also including the former ”’Buffalo Courier-Express Building”’ at the northeast corner of Main and Goodell Streets, the Theater Historic District is not only significant as Buffalo’s traditional and enduring entertainment district, which has been given a new lease on life in recent years, but also for the architectural grandeur of its buildings, most of which were constructed around the turn of the century in the Beaux-Arts Neoclassical style and feature exquisitely detailed terra cotta decoration. Examples include the ”’Pierce Building”’ (651 Main St.), the ”’Alleyway Theatre”’ (672 Main St., quite unlike the others, this was constructed in 1941 in the Art Moderne style), the ”’Perron Building”’ (674 Main St.), the ”’Market Arcade”’ (617 Main St.), and the centerpiece of the district, ”’Shea’s Performing Arts Center”’ (646 Main St.)