I never made it to that neighborhood when I was a kid, although my father lived around there when he was younger. My grandmother lived on West Queen Lane, so usually we took East River Drive up to Midvale and then over to her apartment building.
Here is the LA theater lineup in 1908. It wasn’t until a few years later that they started differentiating between live theaters and movie theaters: http://tinyurl.com/2bnoph
Here is a September 2005 article regarding the owner of the Liberty Theater. The Liberty no longer appears on the Signature website. http://tinyurl.com/2kgoyk
Here is a larger version of one of the PAB thumbnails posted by Jack Ferryin 2006. The photo is from the Irvin Glazer collection: http://tinyurl.com/2xlyha
If anyone has a cross street or the name of the church, let me know. I may be in that area in a few months. Thanks.
I never made it to that neighborhood when I was a kid, although my father lived around there when he was younger. My grandmother lived on West Queen Lane, so usually we took East River Drive up to Midvale and then over to her apartment building.
The caption of this photo shows the Hollywood at 7 South Centre Street:
http://tinyurl.com/2palqv
Here is a photo taken some time after the theater closed:
http://tinyurl.com/2wdwv5
Here is a photo, circa 1920s:
http://tinyurl.com/347fvn
Here is an undated photo:
http://tinyurl.com/29ms9d
Here is the LA theater lineup in 1908. It wasn’t until a few years later that they started differentiating between live theaters and movie theaters:
http://tinyurl.com/2bnoph
Glad you enjoyed it.
Here is another view of the Shea:
http://tinyurl.com/2xcqxb
This is from forgottenbuffalo.com:
http://tinyurl.com/yqlp37
Here is some additional information about the theater:
http://tinyurl.com/yu2ngb
Here is a story about the closing:
http://tinyurl.com/2ct8wx
The amount of development in Barra Tijuca in the last ten years is astounding. It used to be deserted.
Here is a September 2005 article regarding the owner of the Liberty Theater. The Liberty no longer appears on the Signature website.
http://tinyurl.com/2kgoyk
Here is the theater’s website:
http://www.libertyvandalia.com/
Here are expanded views of two PAB thumbnails posted by Lost Memory in 2005. The photos are from the Irvin Glazer collection:
http://tinyurl.com/335do3
http://tinyurl.com/3y5p89
Here is a larger version of one of the PAB thumbnails posted by Jack Ferryin 2006. The photo is from the Irvin Glazer collection:
http://tinyurl.com/2xlyha
Here is a photo, circa early 1940s:
http://tinyurl.com/24h55z
No thanks. It snowed in Seattle on Christmas day, and that was enough to hold me for another twenty years or so. Bleh.
The Ritz was part of the Martin Theater circuit in the early 1960s.
This theater was part of the Kallet Theaters chain in the early 1960s.
We blindfold you when we show you the property. No peeking.
Trouble in River City:
http://tinyurl.com/2n74gv
The price has been reduced to 250K. Times are tough.
One of the posters on the Chino Theater page stated that the Woods was used as an army surplus store in the seventies and was razed in the 1990s.
They still have the sheet metal over the marquee panels. I’ve been waiting for some progress on that, but nothing yet.