Please see here for an update on the Washington Theatre and be sure to see the comments which also have quotes from recent and archival articles about the theater’s redevelopment.
This Pasadena theater is very endangered. Please send emails and letters to the Pasadena Mayor and City Council that you wish it to be saved from destruction. Go to www.cityofpasadena.net to find the email and physical addresses.
As far as we know, the fire curtain is still in place, with the plan of a portion of the auditorium to remain, but it will not be used as a theatre, only functioning as a common area for the condominiums. Here is the story according to the developer of the interior condominiums: http://www.theraymondcondos.com/index1.html
As of July 2007, the owners of the Washington Theatre are applying for National Register status for the building in order to be eligible for available historic preservation federal funds and tax credits. We wish the owners well and hope that the project will eventually begin after three long years of waiting.
As of July 2007, the owners are applying for National Register status for the building in order to be eligible for available historic preservation federal funds and tax credits. We wish the owners well and hope that the project will eventually begin after three long years of waiting.
We need to find a person or united group of persons to purchase all the condominiums and commercial space inside the Raymond Theatre so the auditorium space can be restored and the theatre reopened as a public space, owned by the person or group. Please check Raymondtheatre.com for information on purchasing the auditorium space.
We need to find a person or united group of persons to purchase all the condominiums and commercial space inside the Raymond Theatre so the auditorium space can be restored and the theatre reopened as a public space, owned by the person or groups. Please check Raymondtheatre.com for information on purchasing the auditorium space.
We need to cross reference this information under the three names that this cinema is known under: Warner Egyptian Theatre, Uptown Theatre, Oasis Theatre, 2316 E. Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, CA, United States. This theatre is under extreme threat. Please email me for information about a movement to save and restore historic theatres in Pasadena.
There should be some mention of the fate of the Washington Theatre at the City of Pasadena’s Planning Commission Meeting, Wednesday, June 13, 2007, 6:15 p.m., in the Council Chambers of Pasadena City Hall, Room S249, 100 North Garfield Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101. The Planning Commission will review the North Lake Specific Plan amendments at that time; the Washington Theatre is the most important cultural historic resource in the Specific Plan area, and anyone wishing to plead for the saving of the Washington Theatre will be able to speak for three minutes after submitting a speaker’s card. Hope to see you there!
We expect to hear the theatre’s renovation plans by July 2, 2007. Please stay tuned for announcements. Thanks for the slideshow of the present decay of this important Pasadena neighborhood historic and cultural resource.
Now renamed from the Washington Theatre Project to the Uptown Theatre Project, the project is moving smoothly through the development and permitting process in the city of Pasadena. More updates to come.
Also, a report has come from Al Gerrie, the Washington Theatre’s area senior historian, that according to theatreorgans.com, an ArtCraft Theatre Organ was installed in the Washington in 1926. Blower serial number 19198. There are only 8 ArtCraft organs listed; all were very small, and none are known to have survived.
He never heard it played or saw any sign of it.
It would be interesting to know what happened to it, or if any remnants are still in the theater. Again, more updates to come.
Please see here for an update on the Washington Theatre and be sure to see the comments which also have quotes from recent and archival articles about the theater’s redevelopment.
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This Pasadena theater is very endangered. Please send emails and letters to the Pasadena Mayor and City Council that you wish it to be saved from destruction. Go to www.cityofpasadena.net to find the email and physical addresses.
As far as we know, the fire curtain is still in place, with the plan of a portion of the auditorium to remain, but it will not be used as a theatre, only functioning as a common area for the condominiums. Here is the story according to the developer of the interior condominiums:
http://www.theraymondcondos.com/index1.html
As of July 2007, the owners of the Washington Theatre are applying for National Register status for the building in order to be eligible for available historic preservation federal funds and tax credits. We wish the owners well and hope that the project will eventually begin after three long years of waiting.
As of July 2007, the owners are applying for National Register status for the building in order to be eligible for available historic preservation federal funds and tax credits. We wish the owners well and hope that the project will eventually begin after three long years of waiting.
We need to find a person or united group of persons to purchase all the condominiums and commercial space inside the Raymond Theatre so the auditorium space can be restored and the theatre reopened as a public space, owned by the person or group. Please check Raymondtheatre.com for information on purchasing the auditorium space.
We need to find a person or united group of persons to purchase all the condominiums and commercial space inside the Raymond Theatre so the auditorium space can be restored and the theatre reopened as a public space, owned by the person or groups. Please check Raymondtheatre.com for information on purchasing the auditorium space.
We need to cross reference this information under the three names that this cinema is known under: Warner Egyptian Theatre, Uptown Theatre, Oasis Theatre, 2316 E. Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, CA, United States. This theatre is under extreme threat. Please email me for information about a movement to save and restore historic theatres in Pasadena.
There should be some mention of the fate of the Washington Theatre at the City of Pasadena’s Planning Commission Meeting, Wednesday, June 13, 2007, 6:15 p.m., in the Council Chambers of Pasadena City Hall, Room S249, 100 North Garfield Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101. The Planning Commission will review the North Lake Specific Plan amendments at that time; the Washington Theatre is the most important cultural historic resource in the Specific Plan area, and anyone wishing to plead for the saving of the Washington Theatre will be able to speak for three minutes after submitting a speaker’s card. Hope to see you there!
We expect to hear the theatre’s renovation plans by July 2, 2007. Please stay tuned for announcements. Thanks for the slideshow of the present decay of this important Pasadena neighborhood historic and cultural resource.
Now renamed from the Washington Theatre Project to the Uptown Theatre Project, the project is moving smoothly through the development and permitting process in the city of Pasadena. More updates to come.
Also, a report has come from Al Gerrie, the Washington Theatre’s area senior historian, that according to theatreorgans.com, an ArtCraft Theatre Organ was installed in the Washington in 1926. Blower serial number 19198. There are only 8 ArtCraft organs listed; all were very small, and none are known to have survived.
He never heard it played or saw any sign of it.
It would be interesting to know what happened to it, or if any remnants are still in the theater. Again, more updates to come.
The Washington Theatre has just been purchased and plans are being made for its full restoration. Updates to follow.