As much as it hurts me to make toxic waste jokes, being from South Jersey, it looks like 667 MLK Boulevard is now part of a remediation program:
Mercer County
Grantee: Trenton City
Date Closed: 8/9/1995
Amount: $3,830
Contact: Karen Waldon
Phone: (609)989-3603
Address: 667 Martin Luther King Boulevard
Block:
Lot:
Description: Preliminary Assessment and Site Investigation
Here is a photo gallery from the gym at this location. My gym in Torrance used to be a Mann Theater (also LA Fitness) so I think you can safely change the status to Gym: http://www.lafitness.com/Pages/gallery.aspx
City of Cumberland – $61,040 â€" SAG 415 The city of Cumberland (population 2,357), located in Barron County in northern Wisconsin, received a $61,040 Brownfield Site Assessment Grant. The SAG Funds will be used to conduct Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments, demolish existing buildings and remove numerous abandoned containers and solid waste. The property is the former Isle Movie Theater, located at 1345 Second Avenue. The goal for the city is to obtain ownership and redevelop the property as a park/green space that will link the central business district and the Library Lake shoreline.
I was trying to get over to a theater on the West Side once when I was new to LA. The directions indicated that I should take Beverly Boulevard. I consulted my trusty Thomas Guide, and it told me to take the 60 east and get off on Atlantic Boulevard, which of course put me on E. Beverly Boulevard in East Los Angeles. If you’re trying to get to the New Beverly, this is not the way to go.
The entrance was on the White Horse Pike. The marquee was out on the Pike as well. There was a narrow two lane road that led to the ticket booth about a hundred yards back from the street. From there you would park your car and enjoy the show.
Here is an article from June 2007. The theater may be closed:
http://tinyurl.com/2wcy64
Here is the announcement from Starplex:
http://www.starplexcinemas.com/3004.asp
Here is an article about the closing:
http://tinyurl.com/2lrktm
The Cinema 10 closed last month:
http://tinyurl.com/2lrktm
Here is a 1999 article about repairs to the theater:
http://tinyurl.com/2c4qrz
Restoration news:
http://tinyurl.com/38qwnt
Here is an undated photo:
http://tinyurl.com/2ojpxj
As much as it hurts me to make toxic waste jokes, being from South Jersey, it looks like 667 MLK Boulevard is now part of a remediation program:
Mercer County
Grantee: Trenton City
Date Closed: 8/9/1995
Amount: $3,830
Contact: Karen Waldon
Phone: (609)989-3603
Address: 667 Martin Luther King Boulevard
Block:
Lot:
Description: Preliminary Assessment and Site Investigation
Here is a photo gallery from the gym at this location. My gym in Torrance used to be a Mann Theater (also LA Fitness) so I think you can safely change the status to Gym:
http://www.lafitness.com/Pages/gallery.aspx
Here is a photo of the theater without the marquee:
http://tinyurl.com/2bldmk
Here is more information on the grant:
City of Cumberland – $61,040 â€" SAG 415 The city of Cumberland (population 2,357), located in Barron County in northern Wisconsin, received a $61,040 Brownfield Site Assessment Grant. The SAG Funds will be used to conduct Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments, demolish existing buildings and remove numerous abandoned containers and solid waste. The property is the former Isle Movie Theater, located at 1345 Second Avenue. The goal for the city is to obtain ownership and redevelop the property as a park/green space that will link the central business district and the Library Lake shoreline.
Here is a 2005 article about the Frog:
http://tinyurl.com/yq8xwm
Here is a very recent site, so my guess is that the theater was not demolished last year:
http://tinyurl.com/23ksr9
Fischer was twenty years ahead of his time, per this 1908 LA Times article:
http://tinyurl.com/23sc48
Here is a July 1907 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/2tkdh8
Fight in the theater in 1906, from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/2bqoh9
OK. So the church is not the former theater. Thanks for clearing that up.
The LA Times reported a fire at the theater in July 1906:
http://tinyurl.com/268co5
There is a small photo on this page:
http://tinyurl.com/yqb3lr
The Lyric was across the street at 262 S. Main in 1903. Do we have another name for this one?
http://tinyurl.com/2kuqya
Nope. An article on 5/16/02 puts the Unique at 456 S. Spring:
http://tinyurl.com/38c6bh
Here is a very early article in the LA Times, dated 12/23/01. Possibly another aka for this theater:
http://tinyurl.com/333y5a
It appears that a restoration effort is under way:
http://bonyardartpark.com/
I was trying to get over to a theater on the West Side once when I was new to LA. The directions indicated that I should take Beverly Boulevard. I consulted my trusty Thomas Guide, and it told me to take the 60 east and get off on Atlantic Boulevard, which of course put me on E. Beverly Boulevard in East Los Angeles. If you’re trying to get to the New Beverly, this is not the way to go.
A Christian porn film?
The entrance was on the White Horse Pike. The marquee was out on the Pike as well. There was a narrow two lane road that led to the ticket booth about a hundred yards back from the street. From there you would park your car and enjoy the show.