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
This 1931 photo from the LA library is captioned “Wilshire & La Brea”. Is that close enough to 9th to assume that this is the theater? http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics19/00009304.jpg
This photo is from the 1960s. The Melody Lane drive-in across the street has been replaced by an office building, taking some of the focus away from the Wiltern. The theater is pre-renovation and looks a little down. The movie is “The Carpetbaggers”: http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics19/00009347.jpg
It did stand alone, but that was in the late 70’s and early 80’s. I wasn’t around when Ballys built the add-ons. I recall there were no buildings on either side.
I’ve scrolled through the Sacramento theater list, but I don’t see a listing for the Capitol on 615 K Street, aka Fox Capitol, Alisky, T&D, Garrick and Pantages. I will add this theater unless I am wrong about it being unlisted.
These 1941 photos are from the USC Archive. The Variety Arts Center still stands on 9th Street. That would make my post above inaccurate, which is nothing new: http://tinyurl.com/nmr9k http://tinyurl.com/fd99n
This USC photo is dated, rather vaguely, 1910-1919. I posted a smaller version from the LA library last September, but this picture shows more detail: http://tinyurl.com/jmcnp
This is a photo taken in Redondo Beach in 1910. The building at the far end resembles the Capitol in the above pictures, but 1910 would predate the construction of the theater. The USC photo may be misdated: http://tinyurl.com/mfr32
The caption from the USC Archive says this 1928 photo is looking north from 4th Street. As the Broadway is on the east side of the street, the view would have to be looking south from 4th to 5th: http://tinyurl.com/rutsj
If you look very closely, you can see an advertisement for the Newsreel theater at the back of the shot. The forefront is Main Street, west side between 6th and 7th, circa 1941: http://tinyurl.com/gje9b
OK, Joe, I need your help again. This photo is supposed to 7th and Broadway in 1927. The theater isn’t the Town, nor is it the College, as seen in your picture above. Was there another Bard’s on Broadway? I would like to post this photo on the correct page: http://tinyurl.com/qxn8c
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.
This 1931 photo from the LA library is captioned “Wilshire & La Brea”. Is that close enough to 9th to assume that this is the theater?
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics19/00009304.jpg
I wasn’t around here then, so I will defer to your opinion.
This photo is from the 1960s. The Melody Lane drive-in across the street has been replaced by an office building, taking some of the focus away from the Wiltern. The theater is pre-renovation and looks a little down. The movie is “The Carpetbaggers”:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics19/00009347.jpg
This is an LA Library photo which appears to be from the seventies:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics16/00007875.jpg
It did stand alone, but that was in the late 70’s and early 80’s. I wasn’t around when Ballys built the add-ons. I recall there were no buildings on either side.
I’ve scrolled through the Sacramento theater list, but I don’t see a listing for the Capitol on 615 K Street, aka Fox Capitol, Alisky, T&D, Garrick and Pantages. I will add this theater unless I am wrong about it being unlisted.
OK, I’ll buy that.
These 1941 photos are from the USC Archive. The Variety Arts Center still stands on 9th Street. That would make my post above inaccurate, which is nothing new:
http://tinyurl.com/nmr9k
http://tinyurl.com/fd99n
Here is a 1908 photo from the USC archive:
http://tinyurl.com/f6m4m
This USC photo is dated, rather vaguely, 1910-1919. I posted a smaller version from the LA library last September, but this picture shows more detail:
http://tinyurl.com/jmcnp
OK, thanks. I wasn’t sure where to look.
This is a photo taken in Redondo Beach in 1910. The building at the far end resembles the Capitol in the above pictures, but 1910 would predate the construction of the theater. The USC photo may be misdated:
http://tinyurl.com/mfr32
The caption from the USC Archive says this 1928 photo is looking north from 4th Street. As the Broadway is on the east side of the street, the view would have to be looking south from 4th to 5th:
http://tinyurl.com/rutsj
If you look very closely, you can see an advertisement for the Newsreel theater at the back of the shot. The forefront is Main Street, west side between 6th and 7th, circa 1941:
http://tinyurl.com/gje9b
OK, Joe, I need your help again. This photo is supposed to 7th and Broadway in 1927. The theater isn’t the Town, nor is it the College, as seen in your picture above. Was there another Bard’s on Broadway? I would like to post this photo on the correct page:
http://tinyurl.com/qxn8c
Here is a panoramic photo from 1948:
http://tinyurl.com/nz36j
Here is a 1937 photo from the USC archive:
http://tinyurl.com/nx2ue