Regent Theatre
448 S. Main Street,
Los Angeles,
CA
90013
448 S. Main Street,
Los Angeles,
CA
90013
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The sign was probably neon originally, with neon inside those metal “channel” type letters and lines of neon around the marquee. At some point it seems that the neon was removed to save money, and the letters were covered over with plastic. So what’s left is the basic shape of the marquee and the letters — much cheaper to maintain, but not nearly as cool.
OK, they’re bird repellent. Thanks for clearing that up.
From looking at screenshots of this old movie it looks as though the sign was neon, but its hard to tell: View link
Do you mean those little spikes on the letters? If it’s that then those are for keeping the birds off the letters and getting that stuff all over the signs.
Here are the tubes I was talking about. Maybe someone knows what they are used for:
http://tinyurl.com/6e8zdo
I took another look at the Regent sign yesterday. I couldn’t see anything that looked like neon tubes.
I appreciate the help! Thanks again.
Yes, it’s operating as Safari Sams.
If it is hosting live performances, the status should be changed to open.
http://www.groovetickets.com/club.asp?affilID=3074
http://www.myspace.com/safarisams
Have fun!
Don,
Thanks for the reply. Would you please post a link or links to the information you referred to? Any idea where tickets are sold? I live north of San Francisco and have been unable to uncover more details.
Seab,
Yes, it appears to be the case. That website you linked to is very vague, but I checked a couple of others and they have maps to and pictures of this Regent.
Is the theater currently being used for music performances? I received a notice that Albert Lee would be playing at the Regent Theatre in Los Angeles, and I am wondering if this is the same one.
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On my flickr photos above you can see the original brick arch from the upstairs inside. When I was there they said they were going to make the offices up there into a lounge.
There are neon tubes on top of each letter now. I didn’t see those before.
Ken, I don’t think there’s any neon on that sign. The letters are faced with red plastic. I haven’t been around there at night, so I don’t know if they light up or not.
I know the building is being reused, but is there any sign of the old theater left in there?
It looks like they have put new neon tubing on the marquee letters:
http://tinyurl.com/4pus4e
Still standing:
http://tinyurl.com/6kjj9h
The news has downgraded it to a 5.4 quake.
Everyone is fine. Strong jolt, though. The Regent has not crumbled into a pile of rubble.
I am standing in front of the Regent. We had to exit onto the street due to an earthquake a few minutes ago.
I did the new banner.
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Check out the new banner:
http://tinyurl.com/6oblgz
Does it happen on any article or just one specific article. That’s very strange. I don’t know what browser you use, but try it in Firefox or another browser to make sure its not just a bug in the browser. I looked up things on there yesterday and it worked fine in Firefox. Maybe the library was doing maintenance on the site when it happened to you.
Good idea, but I got the same result. I think I must have angered the LAPL.