Jewelry Theatre Building (Los Angeles, California)

USA / California / Vernon / Los Angeles, California / West 7th Street, 401
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Also known as: Jewelry Theatre Building LLC

411 West 7th Street, Suite 900
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Phone: (213) 622-2675

Los Angeles has the second-largest jewelry district in the nation, after New York. In the heart of downtown's jewelry district stands the Pantages Theater. It was once one of the city's most prestigious vaudeville houses. Theater manager Alexander Pantages built the nine-story structure in 1919, the 16th in a nation-wide chain of over 80 theaters. Pantages also built theaters on Broadway and on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles.

Opened as the second Pantages theater in downtown Los Angeles (the Arcade theater was the first), this B. Marcus Priteca designed theater includes Greek treatments. The theater's exterior is coated in white terra cotta.

In the 1940's, Warner Brothers bought the theater and named it "Warner's Downtown". Although it still has it's "WB" shield, it has been sold many times. Until the mid 1960's, the theater served as the downtown theater for Warner Bros. At that time, Metropolitan Theaters purchased the theater and ran it for another twelve years.

After being sold by Metropolitan, the theater became a church before becoming a retail outlet for the Jewelry Exchange.

To see a little of the inside of this theater, watch the Barbra Streisand film "Funny Girl" (note the exterior is from the backlot at the Burbank Studios).

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cinematreasures.org/theater/491/
www.usc.edu/dept/geography/la_walking_tour/historic_cor...
www.uncanny.net/~wetzel/subwayarea.htm
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewelry_District,_Los_Angeles,_California
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Coordinates:   34°2'46"N   118°15'16"W

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  • I bought an expensive watch here in 1985. "Oi, such a deal!" I'd bring a friend though, the natives are kinda creepy.
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