We are asking the City Council, Planners and Historical Commission to make special provisions to: 1. Protect the interior of the theatre from being gutted the and original seats from being removed and 2. Utilize this space for the community as a performing arts venue of sorts, non-profit or otherwise where the existing main stage and indoor auditorium with all original historical factors being preserved.
Why is this important?
To preserve the historic art deco features of this beautiful palace and to extend and/or ensure the Historic Ordinance and provisions preserve the original features of the interior from being altered and/or removed.
Architect: B. Marcus Priteca, who also designed the Pantages (later Warner) downtown, the Warner Beverly Hills, the Warner Grand in San Pedro and the Pantages in Hollywood. Priteca was a Seattle based architect who designed hundreds of theatres all over the country.
-Los Angeles Movie Palaces
Built in 1930, this was the first of three theatre designs Priteca executed for the Warner Brothers chain.
-Pacific Coast Architecture Database at the Architecture and Urban Planning Library, University of Washington, Seattle
