I searched the LA Times archives for more information. The first theater ad that mentions the Terrace Theater is dated 5/3/50. Address was 3945 City Terrace Drive, phone was AN 6000. There is a reference to St. Lucy’s church at McGilvrey and City Terrace in 1961, so presumably that was the old location before they moved over to Hazard Avenue.
Terrace Theater should be listed as an aka. I walked around the site yesterday. The church is still there. No trace of any theater, as the church was built directly over the theater’s location.
I found the Unique after battling my way through the subway construction yesterday. It’s still a dollar store. I took some photos which I will post later.
Maybe not demolished. The street numbers were a little mixed up on that block when I was there yesterday. I took some photos, so when they are posted we may be able to figure this out.
I was at this site yesterday. No pictures as the neighborhood didn’t appear very hospitable. The site is fenced off, but looking inside there are a lot of old trucks, trailers and so on scattered around. You can see the concrete portion in the front that probably led into the entrance of the theater. After that it’s just dirt.
Looking at the photo I posted on 9/1/06, it appears that the outer buildings were constructed first and used as shops. They then built the theater on the inside and added the two marquees. If anyone disagrees, let me know.
I took a batch of photos yesterday, which I will post later. Very sad to see the building deteriorating. If nothing is ever going to be done with that, it should be razed.
This is an enormous clothing store. I took some photos which I will post later, particularly of the murals. I talked briefly with the manager, who did not believe his building was a movie theater at one time. From there I could walk to the Golden Gate.
Maybe demolished, maybe not. The back of the building looks old. The front looks like possibly wooden paneling covering the old exterior. Maybe the theater portion in the front was demolished for retail and they left the rest of the building intact. I took some pictures which I will post later.
I was out there yesterday. The side of the building says “Warner Brothers Home of Vitaphone Pictures”. I took aome photos which I will post later. There was a homeless guy out front who chided me for taking pictures too fast and not paying attention to some of the details of the building. I apologized.
Ken, the theater I saw back in October was the Congress. It wasn’t as far south as I mentioned in the post at that time. I posted some current photos on that page.
There is a post office on this site now.
There is a print shop on the first floor. I took a couple of photos. Status should be changed to retail.
I searched the LA Times archives for more information. The first theater ad that mentions the Terrace Theater is dated 5/3/50. Address was 3945 City Terrace Drive, phone was AN 6000. There is a reference to St. Lucy’s church at McGilvrey and City Terrace in 1961, so presumably that was the old location before they moved over to Hazard Avenue.
Terrace Theater should be listed as an aka. I walked around the site yesterday. The church is still there. No trace of any theater, as the church was built directly over the theater’s location.
I drove by yesterday. 3014 is a parking lot – no trace of any theater.
I found the Unique after battling my way through the subway construction yesterday. It’s still a dollar store. I took some photos which I will post later.
Maybe not demolished. The street numbers were a little mixed up on that block when I was there yesterday. I took some photos, so when they are posted we may be able to figure this out.
I was at this site yesterday. No pictures as the neighborhood didn’t appear very hospitable. The site is fenced off, but looking inside there are a lot of old trucks, trailers and so on scattered around. You can see the concrete portion in the front that probably led into the entrance of the theater. After that it’s just dirt.
Not demolished. It’s a church, and a large one. This must have have been an impressive theater in its time. Status should be closed.
Looking at the photo I posted on 9/1/06, it appears that the outer buildings were constructed first and used as shops. They then built the theater on the inside and added the two marquees. If anyone disagrees, let me know.
I took a batch of photos yesterday, which I will post later. Very sad to see the building deteriorating. If nothing is ever going to be done with that, it should be razed.
This is an enormous clothing store. I took some photos which I will post later, particularly of the murals. I talked briefly with the manager, who did not believe his building was a movie theater at one time. From there I could walk to the Golden Gate.
It’s still being used for retail. It’s across the street from the Alameda.
Maybe demolished, maybe not. The back of the building looks old. The front looks like possibly wooden paneling covering the old exterior. Maybe the theater portion in the front was demolished for retail and they left the rest of the building intact. I took some pictures which I will post later.
The Huggy Boy sign is still there. I took some photos which I will post later.
I was out there yesterday. The side of the building says “Warner Brothers Home of Vitaphone Pictures”. I took aome photos which I will post later. There was a homeless guy out front who chided me for taking pictures too fast and not paying attention to some of the details of the building. I apologized.
It’s a parking lot now. No trace of the theater.
This is a supermarket now.
I drove by the site yesterday. Apartments are there now. No trace of the theater.
Ouch.
OK, thanks for the tip.
Ken, the theater I saw back in October was the Congress. It wasn’t as far south as I mentioned in the post at that time. I posted some current photos on that page.
The Congress is another theater that was listed as demolished. It was an interesting looking building.
Thanks. I will post it over there.
This is a photo of the Novelty at 134 S. Main. What aka do we have that under?
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