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Order Number	00111547
Title	Golden Gate Theater
Photographer	Zimmerman, Tom.
Collection ID	Los Angeles County Building Survey Collection
Location/Accession	GPC_b97_f2_i36
Date	2011
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.; HABS documentation available at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/ca/ca3900/ca3948/data/ca3948data.pdf
Historical Data	Located at 5176 East Whittier Boulevard in East Los Angeles, the Golden Gate Theater was built in 1927, designed by William and Clifford A. Balch, whose other notable contributions include the El Rey Theater on Wilshire Boulevard and the Fox Theater in Pomona. The Golden Gate Theater was designed as a playhouse and movie theater and was built in the Spanish Baroque Revival Churrigueresque-style replicating the entrance to the University of Salamanca in Spain. Originally, the theater was accessed by entrances into the courtyard of the historic Vega Building, an L-shaped retail and apartment building, which surrounded the theater. Damage from the 1987 Whittier earthquake caused the Vega Building to be deemed unsafe and later demolished, and left the 1,500 seat Golden Gate Theater vacant. Many battles followed over the preservation and re-development of the historic site. It is one of a few neighborhood movie palaces left in Southern California and is the only building in East Los Angeles listed in the National Register of Historic Places. In 2012, the building was re-opened and adapted for use as a CVS retail pharmacy.
Description	Detail view of the balcony built over the main entrance of the Golden Gate Theater. Cast-stone ornament is used to decorate the balcony, and visible underneath, are the arched canopies that decorate the wooden doors of the entrance.
Publisher	Heritage Documentation Programs (U.S.). Historic American Buildings Survey.
Subject	Golden Gate Theater (East Los Angeles, Calif.). Motion picture theaters--California--East Los Angeles. Theaters--California--East Los Angeles. Auditoriums--California--East Los Angeles. Architecture--California--East Los Angeles--Spanish influences. Historic buildings--California--East Los Angeles. Balconies--California--East Los Angeles. Cornice work. Arches--California--East Los Angeles. Canopies, Architectural--California--East Los Angeles. Windows--California--East Los Angeles. Whittier Boulevard (East Los Angeles, Calif.). East Los Angeles (Calif.). Historic American Buildings Survey Collection photographs. Heritage Documentation Programs Collection photographs. Balch, William G. Balch, Clifford A.
Format	Photographic prints
Credits	Photographs taken for Historic American Buildings Survey or the Historic Landscapes Survey: documentation is on file.
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles County Building Survey Photo Collection