Old theater's renovation seen as key to new Riverhead
Photo credit: Newsday/J. Conrad Williams Jr. | Many stores that line Main St. in downtown Riverhead have lease or for sale signs posted. The area battles Route 58 and its major retailers nearby.
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THE VISION
A freshened mix of businesses and housing above downtown Riverhead's handsome brick buildings that better incorporates pedestrian access to the nearby Peconic River. Critical to the dream, many local observers say, is the renovation of the Suffolk Theatre on West Main Street into a live-performance venue. They say the Art Deco movie house, built in 1933, could create an instant...
