Carolina West
5607 W. Century Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90045
5607 W. Century Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90045
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Back in the 60’s, myself and several friends had so much fun going to the club to meet people and dance all night. One person in particular I met was Rhoda McCullough, she was great.
I sure would like to find some memorabilia regarding Carolina Lanes, Carolina Pines and Carolina West.
Please contact me at .
Thanks, Steve
Adios. Status should be changed to closed/demolished.
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The bulldozers have been parked, but no demolition. Maybe the ghosts of strippers past are keeping them at bay.
Here are a couple of photos before the demolition starts. The doors at the back say “Carolina West Disco Entrance”.
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They put a Wally Park ad on the big sign yesterday.
I took a look at the LA Times archive-there was an aircraft plant on this site in WW II that apparently was torn down in the 1950s. The bowling alley, Carolina Lanes, opened around 1960. There was also a restaurant in the building called Carolina Pines. Later on the restaurant became the nightclub Carolina West, as already has been pointed out.
LA Times story today about the impending demolition. I will take some photos when they start bulldozing. Poor displaced strippers.
unfortunately the club has finally closed down last night and is scheduled for demolition to expand lax airport
i have been to the back part of the club and it still has the night club and bowling alley intact. they are just not ujsing that part of the building anymore. the club is set to close down on august 31st 2009
I didn’t provide the seat count. I think the Century aka related to the first post on 3/13/07.
I would guess it was already a nightclub in 1967 then, and it had an adult movie theatre as one of its attractions. But it doesn’t appear at all- not even among the porn movies- in the listings of the L.A. Times for February 10, 1971, the earliest Times listings I have at hand.
The place was called Carolina West Century Lounge (a.k.a. Century Theatre) when it was reviewed for this web site, surely within our current decade (Internets being fairly new and all.) After reading the description of what goes on there, I urgently desire never to visit it, and especially not to touch anything within it.
I still suspect the building of having been built as a bowling alley, if it wasn’t a nightclub from the beginning. It’s all wrong (and in the wrong location) for a big movie theater.
Joe, this was listed under movie theaters in the Los Angeles Yellow Pages, circa 1967. The name at that time was Carolina West.
In fact, now that I think about it, this building looks like one of those big bowling centers that began popping up all around L.A. in the 1950s.
The Assessor’s Office says this 30,000 square foot building was built in 1959. It doesn’t look to me like it was ever a movie theater. I don’t remember there being one in that area, either.
Here are some photos from September 2008:
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Here are some photos I took today. Before the jokes start, it should be noted that I pulled into the lot, took the pictures and drove away. I did scare away a business-type guy who was sitting in his car. He probably thought I was a divorce lawyer.
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Are we talking about the Nudes Nudes Nudes place? I didn’t know it had a real name.
The address is actually 5607 West Century Boulevard. It’s now known as the Century Theatre, although it’s uncertain the last time they actually showed films there.