NuWilshire Theatre
1314 Wilshire Boulevard,
Santa Monica,
CA
90403
1314 Wilshire Boulevard,
Santa Monica,
CA
90403
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Yes, there are wealthy people, especially in Seattle, who step forth to rescue historic movie theaters. However, they have realtors, agents, representatives,etc. They aren’t themselves asking “how much?” on blogs like this one.
There are some who would go that far. And if they do, all the more to them!
bbtommix, theaters like this & Rialto in S. Pasadena would likely cost MILLIONS to acquire.
I will be in that area tomorrow. I will take some photos.
Silver: the owner fenced off the area under the marquee. There were homeless people nesting in there, and a tagger painted on the doors and poster cases.
bbtommix: my understanding is that the original owner sold it to someone who wants to use it for retail space. So, no, they’re probably not looking to sell it.
Does anybody know if it for sale?
quote: <<< and the gate was open, >>>
Gate??! Anyone got a recent photo?
I kind of gave up hope long ago.
I’m sure it’s nothing good.
Nothing good, I’d guess, Nushboy07, but I hope I’m wrong…
Went by there this morning, and the gate was open, along with the front door of the theatre. Wonder what’s going on…
Great angle! Looks like old time!
A few days ago I noticed homeless people starting to nest around the theater ticket booth and entrance, and more of the neon is out. Then someone tagged the front doors and poster displays. Now there’s a fence blocking off the entire entrance. Fortunately, they didn’t drill the posts into the decorative tile.
Jeffrey N. Grant and Joanne S. Grant (husband and wife) are the owners of record, holding the land as conservators of a trust. The property was put into a trust in 2001, before which Joanne S. Grant was the named owner. Interestingly, LaBrea/Washington Co., c/o Max Netty is listed as the owner of the adjacent property that was used as Buster’s Shoe Repair, having purchased it from multiple parties (including the Grants) in 2001. I’m not sure if that means that the two parcels have separate owners or if the company and trust are controlled by the same party.
At any rate, the listed mailing address for Jeff and Jo Grant is:
10569 Kinnard Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90024
The company’s listed mailing address, c/o Max Netty, is:
513 N Palm Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
This is all public record information that you can find at the county recorder’s office. Please use it wisely and do not do anything illegal!
When I was in back of the stage, I climbed the latter all the way to the top and filmed myself giving a little tour of the backstage, lol. It was intense.
it is the part directly above the stage where pipes with scenery, drops, drapery or lights can be raised or flowen up into to disapear from the stage.
What is fly space? (I considered the old Westside Pavillion cinemas to be fly space because of all the flies in the theatre) :)
Yes, even though I hear that that particular marquee replaced an art-deco style one well after 1938. However, they still are going to keep it. But they may add letters on the marquee telling outsiders that this place is a jean store or something. Especially if they keep the marquee lights on, which they will most likely have to do since that is the only protruding thing and the first thing people will look at.
Most of the times the signage is considered as part, especially deco vintage marquees.
*To Mark, the marquee is considered part of the facade.
Yes
There is alot of former theatres with fly space that have been turned into retail, so it’s not that difficult to convert. I’m just saying that as a fact. I’m happy they have saved a part of the building. But remember they also saved the facade of the old ElMiro/Cineplex Broadway for that condo/retail building.
Is the marquee considered part of the facade?
Yes I was there and spoke the night of the land marking. I brought up the theatre feature of the Fly space at the back and that was included. That should help maintain more of the exterior of the building and perhaps make it more difficult to convert to a retail space.
How torn up is the inside at this point? Is the wall down the middle still up?