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barrnet commented about Solari Theatre on Sep 21, 2005 at 8:38 pm

It’s not often that two historic theaters are simultaneously razed in any town, let alone Beverly Hills. The Canon Theatre was demolished last week, along with the Beverly Theater. I took some photos which can be seen here: http://barryphoto.smugmug.com/gallery/794486

Minutes after I took the Canon shot, the crane extended its arm over the top of the facade, shifted into reverse, and pulled it down. I worked on Canon Dr. for 40 years and attended many performances there. Very sad moment.

Two of the photos were used in last week’s Beverly Hills Weekly. They accompanied a story about the futile last ditch legal efforts to save them.

barrnet
barrnet commented about Beverly Theater on Sep 21, 2005 at 8:26 pm

It’s not often that two historic theaters are simultaneously razed in any town, let alone Beverly Hills. The Beverly Theater was demolished last week, along with the Canon Theatre. I took some photos which can be seen here: http://barryphoto.smugmug.com/gallery/794486

The original “oriental” facade was revealed as the workers stripped off the modern skin. Two of the photos were used in last week’s Beverly Hills Weekly. They accompanied a story about the futile last ditch legal efforts to save them.