On the map view it looks like this was the Showtime Theater before it closed. There is a for sale sign on the door. This would have been around 2007 or so.
There was a small photo of the recently opened Hollywood in Boxoffice, April 1948. It was noted that this was a segregated theater. http://tinyurl.com/yj3b4ba
Looking at the map view, the current building at 706 looks very similar to the one seen in the 1944 photo. It doesn’t look the building was occupied when the more recent photo was taken.
I tried to take my ant to the Aardvark once, but she wouldn’t go inside.
Here are some photos taken today:
http://tinyurl.com/ybhm9uy
http://tinyurl.com/y9sdlul
http://tinyurl.com/y8pclj5
This monograph on Baltimore theaters has a photo of the Brooklyn, circa 1937:
http://tinyurl.com/yzrlznf
On the map view it looks like this was the Showtime Theater before it closed. There is a for sale sign on the door. This would have been around 2007 or so.
Here is a view, circa 1960s:
http://tinyurl.com/yghl54r
There was a photo of the Melba in Boxoffice, May 1958:
http://tinyurl.com/yemldz2
There was an article about the Carlton in Boxoffice, May 1958:
http://tinyurl.com/ycdetly
The Boulevard was mentioned in Boxoffice in January 1949:
http://tinyurl.com/ydguprb
Check out the virtual tour on the school site. Some good interior photos there.
Here is another photo. Function should be changed to school or beauty school.
http://tinyurl.com/ycow9qj
Here is a 1989 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/yzzuaom
Here is a 1987 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/yed7yov
Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/ydf48hy
Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/yakw4f9
Here is the link to the article:
http://tinyurl.com/yafof5l
LA Times today says extensive rain damage has forced the theater to close indefinitely. Draw your own conclusions.
There was a photo of the recently opened Roxy in Boxoffice, April 1948:
http://tinyurl.com/yk2t8bk
There was a small photo of the recently opened Hollywood in Boxoffice, April 1948. It was noted that this was a segregated theater.
http://tinyurl.com/yj3b4ba
There was a small photo of the New Era in Boxoffice, April 1948:
http://tinyurl.com/ya92loo
Here is an article about the opening from Boxoffice in April 1948:
http://tinyurl.com/ybz3p4t
There was a small photo of the marquee in Boxoffice, March 1947:
http://tinyurl.com/yedajw2
The Will Rogers was part of an article in Boxoffice back in March 1947:
http://tinyurl.com/yd9f7ug
Here is a March 1947 Boxoffice article about the Miller/Towne:
http://tinyurl.com/y89a77h
Here is a 1984 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/yk23fxz
Here is a 1984 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/ygwhk6v
Looking at the map view, the current building at 706 looks very similar to the one seen in the 1944 photo. It doesn’t look the building was occupied when the more recent photo was taken.