Pacific 1-2-3
6433 Hollywood Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90028
6433 Hollywood Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90028
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google street view from august 2022 - no change. still boarded up.
Unfortunately, none of the theatre chains currently have the financial means, nor does such a project fit within the business models most are following. At this point, I think it would take a major developer and a project similar to what occurred with the Texaco Building/United Artist Theatre conversion to the ACE Hotel/Theatre.
Beyond the theatre, anyone taking on the site would have to address the large office/retail building which encases the theatre. It stands as somewhat of a “white elephant” property; requiring a massive investment to bring back. That’s not to say it couldn’t or shouldn’t be done, but there has been little indication that anyone is interested in making such an investment. The current owners appear content with siting on the property as a tax write-off and speculative long term land investment.
Surely there has to be some theater chain in LA other than AMC that could be looking to restore the Pacific. If Pacific Theatres hadn’t screwed things up so badly, it could have been a nice location in downtown Hollywood proper, maybe even a second Hollywood ArcLight screen. At the very least, it should become a state of the art screening room for the industry.
Yes, the entire structure remains vacant and, as far as I know, is still owned by the Robertson Property Group. The various proposals involving the site never went anywhere and it has been a few years since anything noteworthy has even been suggested. About the only bright side is that the building is well secured and monitored (i.e. there are no issues with break-ins/vandalism/squatters/etc.).
The Google street view from November 2021 shows that to be the case.
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as I asked in Nov. 2019 is the theater just boarded up sitting there gathering dust?
Last day operation of the “Hollywood Pacific” (Pacific 1-2-3) on Sunday, August 15, 1994 with “Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)” from Pacific Theatres. It closed the following day.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95902017/hollywood-pacific/
Kubrick’s A CLOCKWORK ORANGE opened here fifty years ago today.
The KFWB call letters were for “Five Warner Brothers”.
Originally the two radio towers supported a horizontal wire antenna which was strung between them. The transmitter moved away in 1950.
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as I aske din July is this theater still boarded up and just sitting there?
This reopened as the Hollywood Pacific Triplex on May 26th, 1978. Grand opening ad posted.
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this theater reminds me of the Alexandria in San Francisco. another movie palace boarded up and just sitting there.
2018 link with a miniature diorama including the Warners.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/hollywood-miniature-model?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=atlas-page&fbclid=IwAR3xubY7buIcYI6WhoinPKgH4y2wC1w4z-qRHx7EIhqWa1lh0BM_WYeoVj8
Just in time for the big anniversary, here’s a new retrospective article on Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey.” The Warner Hollywood/Hollywood Pacific and lots of other cinemas get mentioned in the piece.
Still the Ultimate Trip: Remembering “2001: A Space Odyssey” on its 50th Anniversary
1946 photo added courtesy of James J. Chun.
Yesterday’s LA Curbed article about the Warner with photos.
https://la.curbed.com/2017/8/4/16010422/la-history-hollywood-warner-pacific-theater
Thanks for posting the photos, Matt. I was only in the Warner Hollywood once, when I was about nine years old and our elementary school class went on a field trip to see This is Cinerama. The auditorium looks a bit smaller than I remember it,perhaps because the upper part is obscured by the triplexing.
Also, there were the three Cinerama projection booths on the orchestra floor when I was there, and we were seated close beside the central one and very near the enormous screen. But I actually have a clearer memory of the lobby than I do of the auditorium. It’s good to see that the decorative detail is still in pretty good condition.
I recently photographed the Warner (Pacific) Hollywood Theatre. Check out the photographs and a short write up at the link above.
1965 photo added courtesy of the Americas Past In Photos Facebook page.
One of my best moving gowing memories ever as a kid. Mom and Dad took me to “How the West Was Won” in REAL Cinerama. The early 60’s were not so happy at my house but this cinema treat was amazing.
April 26th, 1928 grand opening ad in the photo section.
I hope so. It’s deserves to show films once again.
To be honest, anyone who holds leases/rights/et al on any of the remaining palaces/houses would be stupid to demolish. Soon conglomerate multiplexes are going to lose their vogue, the real estate for cost per square foot to show a film will be too much, and the smart studios will send their pictures to a more levelled, reasonably priced, and elegantly structured house or palace, on the Blvd or not.
I only pray it is sooner rather than later.
Terrywade, have not heard this rumour at all. City would not allow the building to be demolished. Hotel would not be a bad idea. I have a sense this amazing theatre will come to life again.
The Forman/Pacific owners are getting money hungry again. They want to unload this former Pacific Cinerama theatre that has sat dead for many years. The wrecking ball is coming soon for a new hotel on Hollywood Blvd on the spot this old Warner Hollywood Theatre stands empty today. Time to re open for something before the jack hammers come in.