Linda Lea Theatre

251 S. Main Street,
Los Angeles, CA 90012

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Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on November 18, 2007 at 7:27 pm

Remember the Linda Lea!

A rebuilding that shall live in infamy!

vokoban
vokoban on November 18, 2007 at 6:00 pm

maybe they should rename the theater the PH.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on November 18, 2007 at 5:01 pm

Who said irony was dead.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on November 18, 2007 at 3:17 pm

Seriously? They’re opening on December 7th?

December 7th?

okoku
okoku on November 18, 2007 at 9:25 am

December 7th is the day!

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on November 1, 2007 at 8:41 pm

Once the theater opens, we can add it as a separste page. It looks like they are putting in a large glass facade. I was by there today.

vokoban
vokoban on October 18, 2007 at 12:02 pm

I think after this place opens it should be on a separate page since its not the same theater at all. It’s the same situation with the Tower Theater replacing the Garrick Theater on the same footprint.

okoku
okoku on October 11, 2007 at 3:52 pm

It looks like the same pic I saw 3 months ago…. Hope it opens this month as planned.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on October 11, 2007 at 2:43 pm

Perhaps Main Street is the new Melrose Avenue? That would be interesting. The old Melrose gave up the eclectic ghost as soon as the first Gap opened.

okoku
okoku on October 7, 2007 at 7:59 am

any recent photos?

okoku
okoku on September 17, 2007 at 3:19 am

It should be completed in 2 weeks…. Can’t wait!

vokoban
vokoban on August 30, 2007 at 4:43 pm

I don’t think this has been posted yet…there’s a nice photo of the Linda Lea before the demolition.

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vokoban
vokoban on August 30, 2007 at 7:50 am

Here’s a card catalog from LAPL. I’ll have to go downtown to look at the magazine.

THEATERS—LOS ANGELES—ARROW THEATRE.
“Architect John Kunst…is completing plans for a theater and store building to be erected at 251 South Main St for George Carpenter; it will have an auditorium to seat about 500 people and two stores; Reinforced concrete…” SOUTHWEST BUILDER & CONTRACTOR 9/19/24, P. 53,col. 2
see SOUTHWEST BUILDER & CONTRACTOR 10/17/1924, p. 52, col.1 (contracts listed)

vokoban
vokoban on August 29, 2007 at 11:11 am

I haven’t seen it in any directories or advertisements either. There must be some reason its listed here as a previous name and I also have it on my list from HTC for Main street theaters.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on August 29, 2007 at 11:08 am

I asked because I haven’t seen any reference to a Civic Theater in the directories or in the LA Times database. Perhaps it was a very brief incarnation.

vokoban
vokoban on August 29, 2007 at 10:57 am

I don’t know but for some reason its on my list of names for this address. It’s really hard to search for the name Civic because the word is used along with theater for other reasons.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on August 29, 2007 at 10:46 am

I wonder when it was called the Civic?

vokoban
vokoban on August 29, 2007 at 10:40 am

(Dec. 31, 1928)
Film Shows Boxing Oldest Of Sports
It shows the thrills, high spots and knockouts in fifteen world’s championships, including all the title battles of Jack Dempsey. The picture opens tomorrow at the Arrow Theater, Main street.

vokoban
vokoban on August 29, 2007 at 9:44 am

Is this the theater that was Talley’s Broadway next to Hamburger’s?
(Nov. 1, 1908)
The Royal Arcanum Minstrels gave an entertainment last night in Hamburger’s Arrow Theater, under the auspices of the Hamburger Employees' Benefit Society.

vokoban
vokoban on August 29, 2007 at 9:24 am

(October 19, 1924)
A.A. Laisy & Co., have the contract for a one-story theater and office building to be erected at 251 South Main street. It will have a seating capacity of 500 people and two stores.

vokoban
vokoban on August 29, 2007 at 9:09 am

I wish telephone numbers still had only two digits….
(July 8, 1895)
Fuller & Lewis.
All other furniture, carpets, drapery, etc. new and nice, at one-half the prevailing prices. A carload of brand new stoves, tinware and crockery just received from Chicago. Brace yourselves before asking prices on any of these goods. They are so low they will certainly take your breath. See our solid oak suits at $15.
Fuller & Lewis, 251 South Main street, Telephone 57.

vokoban
vokoban on August 29, 2007 at 9:04 am

Flowers, Feathers, Bars…
(Jan. 5, 1895)
The saloon at No. 251 South Main street was also entered in the same manner, by removing a pane of glass from a rear door. In this case the burglars got about $50 from the bar till. The police think the same men did all three robberies.