Comments from kencmcintyre

Here is a photo, circa 1948:
http://tinyurl.com/2rbpxe

The entire north side of the 1600 block is a shopping center. No trace of the theater remains.

There’s some kind of car business on that corner now. The other corner is a Chevron station. Certainly no resemblance to Joe’s photo.

I checked out the interior today. Nothing interesting, certainly not like the Westlake. Here are two exterior photos:
http://tinyurl.com/2f3utw
http://tinyurl.com/2cmmwl

Here are some March 2008 photos:
http://tinyurl.com/ypzee7
http://tinyurl.com/2fwloh
http://tinyurl.com/2zl6ck
http://tinyurl.com/2et64o
http://tinyurl.com/yr3gfh
http://tinyurl.com/yweut5
http://tinyurl.com/yrc5ao
http://tinyurl.com/2anvjq

Here is the current occupant of 5825 N. Figueroa:
http://tinyurl.com/36zegm

The El Cameo is now a discount store:
http://tinyurl.com/2xlraj
http://tinyurl.com/22sph5
http://tinyurl.com/ywghhs

Here is a March 2008 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/yqczk2

Here is a March 2008 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/29amhj

Here is a March 2008 photo. I took it while I was driving, hence the odd angle:
http://tinyurl.com/2gxba8

Here are the photos. Some of them are a little fuzzy, but I was under pressure and I’m not exactly Robert Capa. By the way, it was 95 degrees in LA today. Leave it to me to drive to downtown on the hottest day of the year. That definitely deserves a free Cinema Treasures book.
http://tinyurl.com/2craaz
http://tinyurl.com/22lp6n
http://tinyurl.com/yorauj
http://tinyurl.com/2goq38
http://tinyurl.com/26qhn5
http://tinyurl.com/2ghgcg
http://tinyurl.com/yus3hw
http://tinyurl.com/2fw8j3
http://tinyurl.com/27qbv2
http://tinyurl.com/yr33a3
http://tinyurl.com/2cojyl
http://tinyurl.com/ywyadm
http://tinyurl.com/ypkphn
http://tinyurl.com/28wzqp

I was inside today, for the first time. I took some photos that I will post, but it looks like Ken Roe and I both saw the same things. I don’t think he got the Santas in the balcony, though (you’ll see). I don’t know how he took his photos, but I had to be kind of sneaky about it as the swap meet owners were everywhere. I couldn’t use my flash, either.

I can’t wait until this is restored, if it happens. I almost wanted to shake the people that were buying t-shirts and say “Hey, look up at the ceiling!”