Some of the links are dead. They are all posted by users, rather than by the site, and sometimes the users don’t keep their Photobucket (or Webshots or whatever site they’ve linked to) accounts, or they run out of space and remove older photos to make room for new ones. I do still see hollywood90038’s three photos of the Bruin linked on October 28 last year, though.
The County Assessor’s office says that the 5274 sq. ft. building at 316 W. 7th St. was built in 1910, with an effective building date of 1913. The City’s ZIMAS report for the property just says 1910. Both include the addresses 316, 318, and 320 as belonging to the same parcel. All one building. I guess the function should be listed as retail.
Maybe I should have said it was “uncompleted” in December of 2000, but I’ve never been there so I’m unaware of the state of the place. It’s one of the projects listed by TransMineral USA, the company that makes the hydraulic lime (I believe it’s similar to the material that used to be called cast stone) with which the building appears to be partly faced. Their website gives the date of completion as December, 2000.
Krikorian’s Monrovia Cinema 12 was completed in December, 2000. It was designed by Gensler & Associates. I suppose the style might be described as a post-modern eclectic mannerism, but whatever the style, I’ve come to think of it as mouskitecture, in honor (or dishonor) of Mickey. Appropriately, Gensler & Associates also designed the AMC Theatres at Downtown Disney multiplex.
The marquee and the vertical tower are gone (there’s a small picture- by Scott Neff- of the theatre on this page at CinemaTour showing the damage), but I think the building itself is probably still standing. My best guess for the address of the Tower is 340 W. Sycamore Street, and the Google Maps satellite view of that address shows a dark-roofed building there.
According to the banner displayed on the building in Scott Neff’s photo, the Tower was to have become the new location of the Bible Way Association Church, but that institution still shows an address on Plumas Street. I’m not sure what year the photo was taken, but it can’t have been too many years ago.
I’ve only ever seen the end exits on the fronts of those few older theatres that had stadium sections, such as the Rialto on Broadway and the Monterey (nee Mission) in Monterey Park. It’s possible that some theatres with ordinary balconies also had such exits from the balcony to the front of the building, but I’ve never seen one. My guess would be that the “balcony” advertised in LoopNet’s listing of Bowling Green’s State Theatre is more likely a stadium section.
This configuration is pretty rare. I’ve only ever been to three theatres with such stadium sections, and only two of those (the Rialto and Monterey) had the end exits on the front. Both of these houses had two cross aisles- one at the top of the passages leading into the theatre, and a second across the middle of the stadium section. The stairs leading down to the front end exits were accessed from the upper cross aisle.
The third theatre with a stadium section that I attended was the Whittwood in Whittier, a post-war theatre in which there was only one cross aisle, and the stairs were entirely internal, leading up from the lobby and providing the access to both the stadium section and the orchestra floor.
I can’t find any references to an architect named F.E. Woodruff in the California Index. Frank Woodruff certainly had this theatre built, but I’ve found no evidence that he designed it. One of the very few references to Woodruff in the Index cites an article in Architect & Engineer of May, 1927, which says that architects Gable & Wyant were designing a house for him. If Woodruff had been an architect, one would expect him to have designed his own house.
The County Assessor’s office gives a construction date of 1929 and an effective construction date of 1970 for this building. As the current streamline modern facade can be seen in photos from as early as the 1950s, at least, then I have no idea what was done to the building in 1970 that “reset” its effective construction date.
Wow, end exits on the front of the building. I wonder if they served a regular balcony or a stadium section? Most often, on theatres I’ve seen, such end exits indicate stadium seating at the back of the auditorium.
The State was adjacent to the tall building on the corner, which was built on the site of a market (either a Pantry or a Jurgensen’s, I can’t recall for sure— the last time I saw it intact was before 1970.)
They’ve incorporated the surviving bits of the State’s facade into this project in a very strange way. It looks almost like it’s been trapped. A thin theatre trying to get out of a fat commercial building. I actually find it a bit creepy.
The L.A. County Assessor’s Office Parcel Viewer (not as slick as the city’s ZIMAS system, but serviceable for properties outside the City of Los Angeles) gives the following information for the building at 235 W. 3rd St. in Pomona: it is only one structure, 13,940 sq. ft., built in 1923, with the effective year built being 1963. “Effective year built” means either a major addition to or a major rehabilitation of the building dates from that year. The California is not demolished, then, but has undergone major alteration.
Ken: TerraServer shows a building at this address (as of 2004), and from above it looks fairly old. Are you sure the California has been demolished? (Ontario being in San Bernardino County, there’s no parcel information available on-line.)
If the caption is correct and the “S” theatre is (or was) on Western Avenue, I’m guessing that it must have been on South Western. I’m pretty sure there was never a theatre that looked like that north of Wilshire. The graffito “PIC 44” might be a gang sign indicating 44th Street. I can’t recall which theatres were on Western in that area. It’s possible that it’s one that’s still missing from the Cinema Treasures database.
Here’s a YouTube video featuring (starting about 2:30 in) a couple of shots of a former movie house in the Lyons district of Clinton, Iowa. I don’t think it’s listed at Cinema Treasures. Does anyone recognize it? I think it might currently be a tavern called Club 110, at 110 Main Avenue, but I’ve never been to Clinton so I can’t be sure.
I wonder if the Marcal was an early revival house at the time that photo was taken? DeMille’s The Godless Girl (banned in Finland!) was a 1929 release, and Capra’s American Madness dated to 1932. I’m pretty sure the photo is from a later date than either movie, because the parked car at far right is streamlined, and the earliest streamlined cars to go into production dated to the mid-1930s. I’m thinking the car might be a Chrysler or DeSoto Airflow.
Some of the links are dead. They are all posted by users, rather than by the site, and sometimes the users don’t keep their Photobucket (or Webshots or whatever site they’ve linked to) accounts, or they run out of space and remove older photos to make room for new ones. I do still see hollywood90038’s three photos of the Bruin linked on October 28 last year, though.
I believe you are correct, Clarkus. It was KBCA.
The County Assessor’s office says that the 5274 sq. ft. building at 316 W. 7th St. was built in 1910, with an effective building date of 1913. The City’s ZIMAS report for the property just says 1910. Both include the addresses 316, 318, and 320 as belonging to the same parcel. All one building. I guess the function should be listed as retail.
I’m semi-local myself, living in the next county east, but I have no chances to get out of town coming up, even for a short trip.
This complex was designed by STK Architects.
This complex was designed by STK Architects
This megaplex was designed by STK Architects.
This megaplex was designed by STK Architects.
This complex was designed by STK Architects.
Maybe I should have said it was “uncompleted” in December of 2000, but I’ve never been there so I’m unaware of the state of the place. It’s one of the projects listed by TransMineral USA, the company that makes the hydraulic lime (I believe it’s similar to the material that used to be called cast stone) with which the building appears to be partly faced. Their website gives the date of completion as December, 2000.
Krikorian’s Monrovia Cinema 12 was completed in December, 2000. It was designed by Gensler & Associates. I suppose the style might be described as a post-modern eclectic mannerism, but whatever the style, I’ve come to think of it as mouskitecture, in honor (or dishonor) of Mickey. Appropriately, Gensler & Associates also designed the AMC Theatres at Downtown Disney multiplex.
The marquee and the vertical tower are gone (there’s a small picture- by Scott Neff- of the theatre on this page at CinemaTour showing the damage), but I think the building itself is probably still standing. My best guess for the address of the Tower is 340 W. Sycamore Street, and the Google Maps satellite view of that address shows a dark-roofed building there.
According to the banner displayed on the building in Scott Neff’s photo, the Tower was to have become the new location of the Bible Way Association Church, but that institution still shows an address on Plumas Street. I’m not sure what year the photo was taken, but it can’t have been too many years ago.
I’ve only ever seen the end exits on the fronts of those few older theatres that had stadium sections, such as the Rialto on Broadway and the Monterey (nee Mission) in Monterey Park. It’s possible that some theatres with ordinary balconies also had such exits from the balcony to the front of the building, but I’ve never seen one. My guess would be that the “balcony” advertised in LoopNet’s listing of Bowling Green’s State Theatre is more likely a stadium section.
This configuration is pretty rare. I’ve only ever been to three theatres with such stadium sections, and only two of those (the Rialto and Monterey) had the end exits on the front. Both of these houses had two cross aisles- one at the top of the passages leading into the theatre, and a second across the middle of the stadium section. The stairs leading down to the front end exits were accessed from the upper cross aisle.
The third theatre with a stadium section that I attended was the Whittwood in Whittier, a post-war theatre in which there was only one cross aisle, and the stairs were entirely internal, leading up from the lobby and providing the access to both the stadium section and the orchestra floor.
Ken: Did you also get photos of the Circle Theatre while you were in Bellflower?
I can’t find any references to an architect named F.E. Woodruff in the California Index. Frank Woodruff certainly had this theatre built, but I’ve found no evidence that he designed it. One of the very few references to Woodruff in the Index cites an article in Architect & Engineer of May, 1927, which says that architects Gable & Wyant were designing a house for him. If Woodruff had been an architect, one would expect him to have designed his own house.
The County Assessor’s office gives a construction date of 1929 and an effective construction date of 1970 for this building. As the current streamline modern facade can be seen in photos from as early as the 1950s, at least, then I have no idea what was done to the building in 1970 that “reset” its effective construction date.
Wow, end exits on the front of the building. I wonder if they served a regular balcony or a stadium section? Most often, on theatres I’ve seen, such end exits indicate stadium seating at the back of the auditorium.
The State was adjacent to the tall building on the corner, which was built on the site of a market (either a Pantry or a Jurgensen’s, I can’t recall for sure— the last time I saw it intact was before 1970.)
They’ve incorporated the surviving bits of the State’s facade into this project in a very strange way. It looks almost like it’s been trapped. A thin theatre trying to get out of a fat commercial building. I actually find it a bit creepy.
Ken: The building in your picture is the next one just west of the State. Interior Image, the closed furniture store, was at 762 E. Colorado.
This is what the State building looks like now.
Correct address is: 448 W. Base Line St., San Bernardino, CA, 92410.
The L.A. County Assessor’s Office Parcel Viewer (not as slick as the city’s ZIMAS system, but serviceable for properties outside the City of Los Angeles) gives the following information for the building at 235 W. 3rd St. in Pomona: it is only one structure, 13,940 sq. ft., built in 1923, with the effective year built being 1963. “Effective year built” means either a major addition to or a major rehabilitation of the building dates from that year. The California is not demolished, then, but has undergone major alteration.
Ken: TerraServer shows a building at this address (as of 2004), and from above it looks fairly old. Are you sure the California has been demolished? (Ontario being in San Bernardino County, there’s no parcel information available on-line.)
If the caption is correct and the “S” theatre is (or was) on Western Avenue, I’m guessing that it must have been on South Western. I’m pretty sure there was never a theatre that looked like that north of Wilshire. The graffito “PIC 44” might be a gang sign indicating 44th Street. I can’t recall which theatres were on Western in that area. It’s possible that it’s one that’s still missing from the Cinema Treasures database.
Here’s a YouTube video featuring (starting about 2:30 in) a couple of shots of a former movie house in the Lyons district of Clinton, Iowa. I don’t think it’s listed at Cinema Treasures. Does anyone recognize it? I think it might currently be a tavern called Club 110, at 110 Main Avenue, but I’ve never been to Clinton so I can’t be sure.
Now I note the banner hanging near the vertical sign. Does it read “Marcal’s 3rd Year Revival Pictures”?
I wonder if the Marcal was an early revival house at the time that photo was taken? DeMille’s The Godless Girl (banned in Finland!) was a 1929 release, and Capra’s American Madness dated to 1932. I’m pretty sure the photo is from a later date than either movie, because the parked car at far right is streamlined, and the earliest streamlined cars to go into production dated to the mid-1930s. I’m thinking the car might be a Chrysler or DeSoto Airflow.