Pantages Theatre
The Pantages Theatre, formerly known as RKO Pantages Theatre and Fox-Pantages Theatre, also known as The Pantages, is a live theater and former movie theater facing on Hollywood Boulevard. According to the LA Conservancy, the 1930 Pantages Theatre can hold claim to two “lasts”: the last movie palace built in Hollywood and the last venue built by vaudeville circuit owner, Alexander Pantages. The theater was designed by B. Marcus Priteca with the hallmarks of the Art Deco era with chevrons, zigzags, starbursts and exotic figures. In 2000, the theater underwent a massive rehabilitation project, uncovering its Art Deco grandeur, receiving a Conservancy Preservation Award in 2001. The theater is a contributing structure to the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District on the National Register of Historic Places and a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument.
Hollywood, Los Angeles County
Photographers: John Bare, Andrew Schmidt