Regent Theatre

448 S. Main Street,
Los Angeles, CA 90013

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DonSolosan
DonSolosan on November 12, 2008 at 2:13 pm

The sign was probably neon originally, with neon inside those metal “channel” type letters and lines of neon around the marquee. At some point it seems that the neon was removed to save money, and the letters were covered over with plastic. So what’s left is the basic shape of the marquee and the letters — much cheaper to maintain, but not nearly as cool.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on November 12, 2008 at 1:23 pm

OK, they’re bird repellent. Thanks for clearing that up.

vokoban
vokoban on November 12, 2008 at 1:19 pm

From looking at screenshots of this old movie it looks as though the sign was neon, but its hard to tell: View link

William
William on November 12, 2008 at 1:15 pm

Do you mean those little spikes on the letters? If it’s that then those are for keeping the birds off the letters and getting that stuff all over the signs.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on November 12, 2008 at 1:07 pm

Here are the tubes I was talking about. Maybe someone knows what they are used for:
http://tinyurl.com/6e8zdo

DonSolosan
DonSolosan on November 12, 2008 at 10:15 am

I took another look at the Regent sign yesterday. I couldn’t see anything that looked like neon tubes.

manch4ca
manch4ca on November 8, 2008 at 12:25 pm

I appreciate the help! Thanks again.

DonSolosan
DonSolosan on November 8, 2008 at 12:20 pm

Yes, it’s operating as Safari Sams.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on November 8, 2008 at 12:16 pm

If it is hosting live performances, the status should be changed to open.

manch4ca
manch4ca on November 8, 2008 at 12:05 pm

Don,

Thanks for the reply. Would you please post a link or links to the information you referred to? Any idea where tickets are sold? I live north of San Francisco and have been unable to uncover more details.

DonSolosan
DonSolosan on November 8, 2008 at 11:52 am

Seab,

Yes, it appears to be the case. That website you linked to is very vague, but I checked a couple of others and they have maps to and pictures of this Regent.

manch4ca
manch4ca on November 8, 2008 at 11:40 am

Is the theater currently being used for music performances? I received a notice that Albert Lee would be playing at the Regent Theatre in Los Angeles, and I am wondering if this is the same one.

View link

vokoban
vokoban on September 26, 2008 at 9:11 am

On my flickr photos above you can see the original brick arch from the upstairs inside. When I was there they said they were going to make the offices up there into a lounge.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on September 26, 2008 at 9:08 am

There are neon tubes on top of each letter now. I didn’t see those before.

DonSolosan
DonSolosan on September 26, 2008 at 9:05 am

Ken, I don’t think there’s any neon on that sign. The letters are faced with red plastic. I haven’t been around there at night, so I don’t know if they light up or not.

I know the building is being reused, but is there any sign of the old theater left in there?

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on September 26, 2008 at 7:47 am

It looks like they have put new neon tubing on the marquee letters:
http://tinyurl.com/4pus4e

William
William on July 29, 2008 at 12:44 pm

The news has downgraded it to a 5.4 quake.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on July 29, 2008 at 12:17 pm

Everyone is fine. Strong jolt, though. The Regent has not crumbled into a pile of rubble.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on July 29, 2008 at 12:01 pm

I am standing in front of the Regent. We had to exit onto the street due to an earthquake a few minutes ago.

vokoban
vokoban on March 23, 2008 at 7:52 am

Does it happen on any article or just one specific article. That’s very strange. I don’t know what browser you use, but try it in Firefox or another browser to make sure its not just a bug in the browser. I looked up things on there yesterday and it worked fine in Firefox. Maybe the library was doing maintenance on the site when it happened to you.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on March 22, 2008 at 11:25 pm

Good idea, but I got the same result. I think I must have angered the LAPL.