Linda Lea Theatre
251 S. Main Street,
Los Angeles,
CA
90012
251 S. Main Street,
Los Angeles,
CA
90012
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Remember the Linda Lea!
A rebuilding that shall live in infamy!
maybe they should rename the theater the PH.
Who said irony was dead.
Seriously? They’re opening on December 7th?
December 7th?
December 7th is the day!
Once the theater opens, we can add it as a separste page. It looks like they are putting in a large glass facade. I was by there today.
I think after this place opens it should be on a separate page since its not the same theater at all. It’s the same situation with the Tower Theater replacing the Garrick Theater on the same footprint.
It opens in December.
http://www.theimaginasian.com/la/
It looks like the same pic I saw 3 months ago…. Hope it opens this month as planned.
Perhaps Main Street is the new Melrose Avenue? That would be interesting. The old Melrose gave up the eclectic ghost as soon as the first Gap opened.
any recent photos?
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It should be completed in 2 weeks…. Can’t wait!
I don’t think this has been posted yet…there’s a nice photo of the Linda Lea before the demolition.
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Here’s a card catalog from LAPL. I’ll have to go downtown to look at the magazine.
THEATERS—LOS ANGELES—ARROW THEATRE.
“Architect John Kunst…is completing plans for a theater and store building to be erected at 251 South Main St for George Carpenter; it will have an auditorium to seat about 500 people and two stores; Reinforced concrete…” SOUTHWEST BUILDER & CONTRACTOR 9/19/24, P. 53,col. 2
see SOUTHWEST BUILDER & CONTRACTOR 10/17/1924, p. 52, col.1 (contracts listed)
I haven’t seen it in any directories or advertisements either. There must be some reason its listed here as a previous name and I also have it on my list from HTC for Main street theaters.
I asked because I haven’t seen any reference to a Civic Theater in the directories or in the LA Times database. Perhaps it was a very brief incarnation.
I don’t know but for some reason its on my list of names for this address. It’s really hard to search for the name Civic because the word is used along with theater for other reasons.
I wonder when it was called the Civic?
(Dec. 31, 1928)
Film Shows Boxing Oldest Of Sports
It shows the thrills, high spots and knockouts in fifteen world’s championships, including all the title battles of Jack Dempsey. The picture opens tomorrow at the Arrow Theater, Main street.
Is this the theater that was Talley’s Broadway next to Hamburger’s?
(Nov. 1, 1908)
The Royal Arcanum Minstrels gave an entertainment last night in Hamburger’s Arrow Theater, under the auspices of the Hamburger Employees' Benefit Society.
(October 19, 1924)
A.A. Laisy & Co., have the contract for a one-story theater and office building to be erected at 251 South Main street. It will have a seating capacity of 500 people and two stores.
I wish telephone numbers still had only two digits….
(July 8, 1895)
Fuller & Lewis.
All other furniture, carpets, drapery, etc. new and nice, at one-half the prevailing prices. A carload of brand new stoves, tinware and crockery just received from Chicago. Brace yourselves before asking prices on any of these goods. They are so low they will certainly take your breath. See our solid oak suits at $15.
Fuller & Lewis, 251 South Main street, Telephone 57.
Flowers, Feathers, Bars…
(Jan. 5, 1895)
The saloon at No. 251 South Main street was also entered in the same manner, by removing a pane of glass from a rear door. In this case the burglars got about $50 from the bar till. The police think the same men did all three robberies.