If you go to the Banner theater page, you will read an article in the LA Times from the mid 30s about Skid Row and how bad it was at that time. Kind of surprising.
LA Times on 3/15/81 advertises “Cine Reseda” as a Spanish language theater. Address is given as 1844 S. Sherman Way, which is obviously wrong as Sherman Way goes east and west. I’m reasonably certain that this is an AKA for the Reseda Theater.
The beginning of the end, from the LA Times dated 12/12/58:
Paramount Theater Building Purchased
Sale of the Paramount Theater building, 323 W. 6th Street, to David Shusett, Beverly Hills real estate developer, by Cal Par Theaters, Inc, of New York, was announced yesterday. The transaction, said to be one of the largest property transfers in downtown Los Angeles in recent years, reportedly involved more than $2,000,000.
Shusett declared that the building would operate under current methods for the present. Rumors have circulated in recent months that the building was to be torn down to make way for a modern skyscraper. The building, which has 240 square feet of frontage in the Pershing Square area, houses the 3300-seat Paramount Theater and contains more than 100 offices and suites.
The Cal Par group, which also includes American Broadcasting-Paramount Theaters, Inc, was represented in negotations by its vice-president, Paul Levin of New York.
Here are some photos from June 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/2yatfp
http://tinyurl.com/23387r
http://tinyurl.com/2cr6u5
http://tinyurl.com/2bgejk
Here are some photos from June 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/2bmc5u
http://tinyurl.com/2yd5n6
Here are the photos:
http://tinyurl.com/3cxxnc
http://tinyurl.com/2q6wgw
http://tinyurl.com/3axc7z
http://tinyurl.com/348ngs
http://tinyurl.com/2mpubo
Here are the photos:
http://tinyurl.com/29nkq2
http://tinyurl.com/2bfwz4
http://tinyurl.com/2yho5y
http://tinyurl.com/ywpccw
http://tinyurl.com/2heuwj
http://tinyurl.com/ysbfwr
Here are photos from June 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/2as8x2
http://tinyurl.com/29w24y
Here is a June 2007 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/2xjyhb
Status should be closed/demolished.
If you go to the Banner theater page, you will read an article in the LA Times from the mid 30s about Skid Row and how bad it was at that time. Kind of surprising.
Thanks for the info.
It was still around in 1983. Does anyone know when it closed and when it was demolished?
Advertised as the New Allen in the LA Times in January 1983.
Advertised at 5306 Melrose in 1983. I haven’t seen a 1960s listing as of yet, but I will keep looking.
I think this was a typo – there was a Park at 710 S. Alvarado at that time. Please disregard.
LA Times advertises the Park Theater at 710 S. Broadway in 1981. Can someone give me the AKA for this? Thanks.
Since my link didn’t work, here are the photos individually:
http://tinyurl.com/2o2rbg
http://tinyurl.com/2u92gn
http://tinyurl.com/34gw2p
http://tinyurl.com/2ut4gy
http://tinyurl.com/2kut2v
http://tinyurl.com/2r4485
Advertised as a Spanish language theater in the LA Times on 3/15/81.
LA Times on 3/15/81 advertises “Cine Reseda” as a Spanish language theater. Address is given as 1844 S. Sherman Way, which is obviously wrong as Sherman Way goes east and west. I’m reasonably certain that this is an AKA for the Reseda Theater.
Advertised as a Spanish language theater in the LA Times on 3/15/81.
Advertised as a Spanish language theater in the LA Times on 3/15/81.
Advertised as a Filipino theater in the LA Times on 3/15/81.
Advertised as an Indian language theater in the LA Times on 3/15/81.
The beginning of the end, from the LA Times dated 12/12/58:
Paramount Theater Building Purchased
Sale of the Paramount Theater building, 323 W. 6th Street, to David Shusett, Beverly Hills real estate developer, by Cal Par Theaters, Inc, of New York, was announced yesterday. The transaction, said to be one of the largest property transfers in downtown Los Angeles in recent years, reportedly involved more than $2,000,000.
Shusett declared that the building would operate under current methods for the present. Rumors have circulated in recent months that the building was to be torn down to make way for a modern skyscraper. The building, which has 240 square feet of frontage in the Pershing Square area, houses the 3300-seat Paramount Theater and contains more than 100 offices and suites.
The Cal Par group, which also includes American Broadcasting-Paramount Theaters, Inc, was represented in negotations by its vice-president, Paul Levin of New York.
That may be the case, although that area seems to be crowded all the time.
Another view, same date:
http://tinyurl.com/2zr9rv
Here is a 1935 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/2f29k2