I’m a little confused by this photo. I understand that Loew’s ran the theater for a while, but did they sell furniture out of the building as well? By the way, the El Capitan was where Richard Nixon broadcast his Checkers speech in 1952: http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics03/00011400.jpg
Here is a photo of the Hill Street entrance. This had me fooled for a while as I didn’t realize the theater had three entrances at one time or another. William’s post above mentions the Hill Street entrance: http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics03/00011006.jpg
This photo would ostensibly show the building at the northeast corner of 6th and Hill. It looks to me like there’s a theater there, but the Town was a block north. I don’t recall seeing any theaters listed on 6th, but then again that may not be a marquee and may be something entirely different: http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics03/00011006.jpg
I like this picture from 1951. Do you think the church had any reservations about putting the Alka Seltzer sign on the top of the building? If they were just tenants, which was most likely the case, they wouldn’t have had any standing to object: http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics02/00010987.jpg
Here is an interesting aerial photo which includes the auditorium. The picture is undated, but it doesn’t look like the LA Library was built yet, dating it before 1926. I could be wrong but it looks like more cars are parked on the library space. That may actually be landscaping at the edge of the building.
You can see that the layout of Pershing Square was more attractive before they lopped off sections to put in underground parking in the 1950s: http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics03/00011009.jpg
So what about the furniture? The public wants to know…
Here is a photo of the Bijou from July 1930:
http://tinyurl.com/hcpmp
Here is an early photo of the Apollo:
http://tinyurl.com/ed9wy
Here is a photo of the Ambassador and the adjacent Lyric:
http://tinyurl.com/gw3b7
Here is a photo of the Lyric and the adjacent Ambassador:
http://tinyurl.com/gw3b7
Forgotten-ny.com has a photo of the current storefronts on this page
http://tinyurl.com/gtjjz
There is a picture of the library and former theater on this page:
http://tinyurl.com/nt9bt
I’m a little confused by this photo. I understand that Loew’s ran the theater for a while, but did they sell furniture out of the building as well? By the way, the El Capitan was where Richard Nixon broadcast his Checkers speech in 1952:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics03/00011400.jpg
Here is a photo of the theater and the adjacent ice skating rink. The photo is by Julius Shulman:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics06/00012582.jpg
The herbal store has moved. The windows on the second floor are boarded up, and the building looks pretty shabby.
Here is a photo of Warners/KFWB from the 1930s, via the LAPL:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics03/00011252.jpg
That’s interesting. I always understood that the park went downhill after the renovation in the fifties. Now I know to blame Travelin' Sam.
I like the apartment building up the street in the 1941 photograph. The “Finkle Arms”…not exactly the prestige of living in the Waldorf.
I guess if they were already advertising cars in 1928, the whole theological issue is a moot point:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics03/00011032.jpg
Here is a better photo of the Hill Street entrance:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics03/00011007.jpg
Here is the Pershing Square carnage that I mentioned above:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics03/00011017.jpg
Here is a photo of the Hill Street entrance. This had me fooled for a while as I didn’t realize the theater had three entrances at one time or another. William’s post above mentions the Hill Street entrance:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics03/00011006.jpg
OK, time for a retraction. That would be the Hill Street entrance to the Paramount/Metropolitan, I believe. I will post the photo on that page.
This photo would ostensibly show the building at the northeast corner of 6th and Hill. It looks to me like there’s a theater there, but the Town was a block north. I don’t recall seeing any theaters listed on 6th, but then again that may not be a marquee and may be something entirely different:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics03/00011006.jpg
I like this picture from 1951. Do you think the church had any reservations about putting the Alka Seltzer sign on the top of the building? If they were just tenants, which was most likely the case, they wouldn’t have had any standing to object:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics02/00010987.jpg
Here is an interesting aerial photo which includes the auditorium. The picture is undated, but it doesn’t look like the LA Library was built yet, dating it before 1926. I could be wrong but it looks like more cars are parked on the library space. That may actually be landscaping at the edge of the building.
You can see that the layout of Pershing Square was more attractive before they lopped off sections to put in underground parking in the 1950s:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics03/00011009.jpg
I actually posted that photo on the correct page a while ago. My bad.
OK, thanks, Joe.
Here are some photos of the various incarnations:
http://tinyurl.com/qyadj
http://tinyurl.com/mv6aw
http://tinyurl.com/ln59b
http://tinyurl.com/n87al
The Robert Winter site mentioned above is still dysfunctional, 18 months after Joe first discussed it.