Arcade Theatre

534 S. Broadway,
Los Angeles, CA 90013

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Tinseltoes
Tinseltoes on September 3, 2012 at 1:26 pm

Pictured in 1940 as Arcade at top right of this page: Boxoffice

nickmatonak
nickmatonak on September 24, 2010 at 5:20 pm

This theater celebrates its 100th birthday this Saturday.
it’s opening was September 25, 1910

yuki
yuki on September 11, 2010 at 9:42 pm

im wondering whats on the upper floors of the arcade.the floors were probably used as office space when it was still fully in use.would like to see pictures of the upper floors,but there dont seem to be any available in the interwebs.does anyone got pictures of the upper floors?

MJuggler
MJuggler on March 23, 2010 at 3:55 pm

1911:
http://tinyurl.com/yak4jgl

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on March 2, 2010 at 6:05 pm

Great old photos.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on July 9, 2009 at 4:07 pm

Here is a photo taken today:
http://tinyurl.com/ndpg2z

lostmemory
lostmemory on May 6, 2009 at 4:04 am

Also from 1983.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on May 5, 2009 at 10:03 pm

Here is a night shot:
http://tinyurl.com/dy567v

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on May 5, 2009 at 10:01 pm

Here is another 1983 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/d27oyg

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on April 25, 2009 at 9:17 pm

Here is a 1938 photo from the USC archive:
http://tinyurl.com/dbqgqf

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on April 6, 2009 at 6:56 pm

Here is a 1983 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/c99wzp

monika
monika on March 25, 2009 at 3:37 pm

Posting to get this theatre back on my “notifications” list….

btkrefft
btkrefft on February 28, 2009 at 1:33 pm

Let’s try that again…
View link

btkrefft
btkrefft on February 28, 2009 at 12:53 pm

Here is a photo of the Arcade that I took when I was in L.A. last week.

monika
monika on February 1, 2009 at 9:33 pm

I attended the Conservancy’s tour yesterday and was horrified to see the interior of the Arcade. It hurt to look at it. It was a feeling I felt just for the Arcade; the conditions of the other theatres on Broadway vary quite a bit but none of the others screamed “helpless” as the poor Arcade did.

monika
monika on February 1, 2009 at 9:32 pm

I attended the Conservancy’s tour yesterday and was horrified to see the interior of the Arcade. It hurt to look at it. It was a feeling I felt just for the Arcade; the conditions of the other theatres on Broadway vary quite a bit but none of the others screamed “helpless” as the poor Arcade did.

socal09
socal09 on January 17, 2009 at 11:47 pm

Cool to see current interior shots of this theatre. Looks like its too far gone to make it financial viable to restore. In the current economy, the gentrification of Broadway will stall and these old theatres will continue to decay.

lostmemory
lostmemory on December 2, 2008 at 4:45 pm

Nice

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on December 2, 2008 at 4:43 pm

Here is a photo taken yesterday:
http://tinyurl.com/5ogox2

lostmemory
lostmemory on December 2, 2008 at 4:39 pm

Funny

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on December 2, 2008 at 4:38 pm

OK, the billboard is on the Cameo next door. Same issue, though.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on December 2, 2008 at 4:37 pm

Has anyone noticed that the ad on the billboard is for a show that ended in May 2006? Who are they marketing to? Procrastinating art lovers?
http://tinyurl.com/6jafj2

lostmemory
lostmemory on September 26, 2008 at 7:33 am

The interior photo isn’t bad. It could probably be lightened.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on September 26, 2008 at 7:23 am

The interior photos were too dark. Here is one of them:
http://tinyurl.com/4t5p64

Outside:
http://tinyurl.com/4cgxre

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on September 25, 2008 at 3:47 pm

I took a few photos of the auditorium today, but I didn’t actually go down into the space. The owner of the electronics store was kind enough to let me look into the back, so I wasn’t going to start rummaging around. I will post the photos later.