Arcade Theatre
Former movie theater in Los Angeles, California / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Arcade Theatre is a historic former vaudeville and movie theater in the Broadway district of Los Angeles, California. Commissioned by real estate developer William May Garland in 1910, it originally operated under the direction of Alexander Pantages. In 1920, the Pantages operation moved to a new auditorium on 7th Street; thereafter, the theater became known as Dalton's Broadway for two years before ultimately taking the Arcade name in 1924 in association with the adjacent Spring Arcade building. Metropolitan Theatres later operated the facility as a grindhouse until its closure in 1992.
Former names | Pantages Theatre (1910–1922) Dalton's Broadway Theatre (1922–1924) |
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Address | 534 S. Broadway Los Angeles, California United States |
Construction | |
Opened | September 26, 1910; 113 years ago (1910-09-26) |
Closed | 1992; 32 years ago (1992) |
Architect | Morgan and Walls |
Official name | Arcade Theater |
Designated | March 20, 1991 |
Reference no. | 525 |
Los Angeles architectural firm Morgan and Walls designed the building in the Beaux-Arts style. The seven-story building includes office space on its upper floors. The Arcade neighbors the former Cameo and Roxie movie theaters. The city of Los Angeles designated the Arcade Theatre a Historic-Cultural Monument in 1991.