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Jengood008 commented about Landmark Pasadena 7 on Jun 1, 2022 at 2:45 am

Y’all are so on top of the Landmark change! I’m impressed. I’m so happy that this will remain a theater and that it will get some sprucing up. All wonderful news for the neighborhood!

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Jengood008 commented about United Artists Theatre on Jul 8, 2020 at 3:07 am

The theater and adjacent shops have been subdivided for several different tenants, including Sweetgreen, an urgent care, gym, and a couple other health/wellness spaces. Art Deco style signage has been used for most of the tenants.

The poster display boxes and terrazzo in the entryway remain intact and now serve as a shady entryway and patio seating area. I’m still sad about the demo of the beautiful ceiling lights in the entryway, but overall its nicely done and the features that are left are easily accessible to the public, so yay!

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Jengood008 commented about United Artists Theatre on Feb 27, 2018 at 7:46 pm

Sad news. I noticed that the (likely original) lightbulb covered entryway ceiling has recently been demolished. The space still has not found a tenant.

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Jengood008 commented about State Theatre on May 24, 2016 at 11:19 pm

I’ve read conflicting reports of this building being gutted vs. torn down. The complete teardown (minus the facade, of course) theory made sense until I walked around to the back on the Oak Knoll side where the curved roof is clearly visible at the back of the structure where the offices are now located. It seems very odd that they would have chosen to build the roof like this if it were truly all new construction. I’m going to go non-suspiciously poke around inside that back office area one of these days!

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Jengood008 commented about United Artists Theatre on May 24, 2016 at 11:06 pm

After Angel’s School Supply closed, the new owner applied for and received local landmark status for this building. BlankSpaces coworking was set to become the tenant, and judging by the pictures on their Facebook page, the name “blank space” was appropriate since the interior was just a big, white box. Not a trace of theater left. The deal appears to have fallen through, as the building was put back up for lease a few weeks ago. It is still being marketed as a coworking space but in my dreams, I’d love to see it utilized in a way that was accessible to the public- perhaps even with a restoration of the front entrance. Swoon