Astor Theatre
4821 S. Vermont Avenue,
Los Angeles,
CA
90037
4821 S. Vermont Avenue,
Los Angeles,
CA
90037
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Previous Names: Apollo Theatre
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At one point in time Vermont Avenue had many theaters, but today they no longer line that street. The Apollo Theatre was built and opened in 1914. By 1925 it had been renamed Astor Theatre.
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William Gabel
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Listed in the LA city directory in 1939.
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.
Here are the photos. Let me know what you think. As you can see, the numbers go from 4817 to 4819 at the end of the block, but there’s a building in between:
http://tinyurl.com/2qvqj2
http://tinyurl.com/2vr9do
http://tinyurl.com/2wnf9p
The Astor Theatre building is still there. Though Ken’s photos from June 29 do not show the address 4821 displayed on any of the buildings depicted, the city’s zoning information system provides a report on the addresses 4819 through 4821-½. It looks as though the address 4819 has migrated over the years and is now in the building south of the original theatre building.
A combination of zoning information reports and a TerraServer satellite view of the block have convinced me that the white building in Ken’s photo was the location of the Astor Theatre. The zoning information report reveals that this building was built in 1914. The Astor Theatre was listed at 4821 S. Vermont in the 1921 Los Angeles City Directory (the earliest available on the Internet.)
The Astor lives!
The Astor was advertised in the LA city directory in 1925:
http://tinyurl.com/34ugc5
In the 1915 City Directory, an Apollo Theatre is listed at 4821 S. Vermont. As the building was erected in 1914, that must have been the opening name of the Astor.
In the current Google street view the modern plaster on the building is seen to be cracking along the lines of an old arch. The arch probably marks the location of the entrance to the Apollo Theatre when it opened in 1914.