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Order Number	00104536
Title	Pacific Cinerama Theatre, Hollywood, looking northeast
Photographer	Kelly, Howard D.
Collection ID	Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Collection
Location/Accession	KH 290 C-10
Date	1963
Physical Description	1 color negative :safety ;10 x 13 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Data	The Pacific Theaters' Cinerama Dome, located at 6360 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California, was designed to present widescreen Cinerama films and was originally developed by Saul Pick. It was adapted by the noted architectural firm of Welton Becket and Associates and opened on November 2, 1963 with the press premiere of "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World". Built in only 16 weeks, the domed roof is comprised of 316 pre-cast concrete panels, most of which are hexagonal, and each weighing approximately 3,200 lbs., with a wide screen measuring 32 x 86 feet. The Cinerama Dome, the first and only theater of its kind in the world, has been host to over four decades of premieres and blockbusters; it was declared a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument on December 18, 1998.; The 1963 18-story International Style Sunset Vine Tower, designed by architect Douglas Honnold of the firm Honnold & Rex, was the first skyscraper built in Los Angeles after the city repealed its 14-story building height limit.; John C. Austin designed the 1938 Art Deco style NBC radio facilities located at Sunset and Vine in Hollywood. It was replaced with a Home Savings & Loan bank in 1967.
Description	Aerial view of a Pacific Drive-In Theater property construction site, and the future home of Pacific Cinerama Theatre, located at 6360 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood; view is looking slightly northeast. Ivar Ave. is bottom left, zigzagging to top left corner; Vine St. is lower right to upper middle; De Longpre Ave. is diagonally at bottom; Sunset Blvd. is diagonally at center; Selma Ave. is diagonally farther up; Hollywood (101) Freeway is visible in the distance. The Sunset Vine Tower is present at center right and just north of it is the NBC Radio City studios; the Palladium is on the far right. Photograph dated July 1963.
Publisher	Welton Becket and Associates. Honnold & Rex. Kelly-Holiday.
Subject	Pacific Theaters' Cinerama Dome (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.). Sunset Vine Tower (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.). West Coast Radio City (Los Angeles, Calif.). Hollywood Palladium (Los Angeles, Calif.). Motion picture theaters--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles). Commercial buildings--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles). Building construction--California--Los Angeles. Office buildings--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles). Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles). Nightclubs--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles). Parking lots--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles). Streets--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles). Automobiles--California--Los Angeles. Domes--California--Los Angeles. Express highways--California, Southern. Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments. Lost architecture--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles). Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Aerial views. Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.). De Longpre´ Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.). Sunset Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.). Ivar Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.). Vine Street (Los Angeles, Calif.). Selma Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.). United States Highway 101. Aerial photographs Austin, John C. W.(John Corneby Wilson),1870-1963.
Format	Photographic safety negatives
Credits	Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation.
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	Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Photo Collection