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Pantages: main floor inner lobby

6233 Hollywood Blvd.  Los Angeles 90028  | map |

Pages about the Pantages Theatre:
| Pantages overview | street views 1929 to 1954 | street views 1955 to present | ticket lobby | entrance vestibule | main lobby | main lounges | main floor inner lobby | balcony lobby and lounge areas | vintage auditorium views | recent auditorium views | backstage | booth | support areas |


The inner lobby from house right. The main lobby is off to the left. It's a Mott Studios photo in the California State Library set # 001387246.  The photo also appears in the Library's set # 001407732.



A closer look at the house left end of the inner lobby. The light is coming from doors to the exit passageway. The 1930 Mott Studios photo is in the California State Library set # 001387246.



A sofa along the inner lobby north wall. That's an auditorium entrance on the right. The 1930 Mott Studios photo is in the California State Library set # 001387246.



Another sofa view.  Looks like we don't yet have the aisle sign installed. The 1930 Mott Studios photo is in the California State Library set # 001387246.
 


Yet another sofa near an auditorium entrance. The 1930 Mott Studios photo is in the California State Library set # 001387246.



Furniture and deco ornament along the inner lobby's south wall. The 1930 Mott Studios photo is in the California State Library set # 001387245.



The house right end of the lobby. The door went to an auxiliary boxoffice. The light on the left is coming from doors to the exit passageway. The 1930 Mott Studios photo is in the California State Library set # 001387246.



The fountain at the house right end of the inner lobby. The 1930 Mott Studios photo is in the California State Library set # 001387246.  There's another view of this fountain in the Library's set # 001387250.



Ornament on the north wall adjacent to an aisle entrance. Note also the painted detail we see on one of the aisle doors. The Mott Studios photo is in the California State Library set # 001407732.



 
A curious view of the area with seats from the main floor that had been removed for a 2017 recarpeting project. Thanks to the Pantages for the photo, one photo that appeared on "Tearing it Up!," their blog post about the project.
 
 

A look in from the house right end of the main lobby. Photo: Bill Counter - 2022
 
 
 
A closer view of the ventilation grille. Photo: Bill Counter - 2022
 
 

Another peek in from the main lobby. Photo: Bill Counter - 2017 



A closer look at that understated bit of wall decoration. Photo: Bill Counter - 2017 

 

The house right (east) end of the inner lobby. The ADA restroom on the left was added in what had originally been an auxiliary boxoffice on the Argyle side of the building. Photo: Bill Counter - 2022
 


The house right drinking fountain. Photo: Bill Counter - 2022



The view out into the main lobby from house right. Photo: Bill Counter - 2017



One of the smaller ceiling panels. Photo: Bill Counter - 2017 



Looking west - toward house left. Photo: Bill Counter - 2017
 
 

Another view to house left from closer to the center of the space. Thanks to Claudia Mullins for sharing her photo. It's one she took during the April 2022 LAHTF "all-about" tour. See her terrific 40 photo Pantages set on Facebook.   



Thanks to Eleanor Schrader for sharing this lovely 2022 ceiling photo, one included in a post of 20 Pantages shots on her L.A. and Beyond Architecture and Art Tours Facebook page. 



 A bit of the ceiling. Photo: Bill Counter - 2017



Thanks to Steve Shriver for this ceiling detail.  It's a 2010 photo that appeared on the LAHTF Facebook page. Pay a visit to Steve's terrific Hollywood Pantages Theatre set on Flickr for more photos.



Another ceiling detail. Photo: Bill Counter - 2017 
 

 
The view out into the main lobby from the house left end of the inner lobby. Photo: Bill Counter - 2022
 

The ceiling near the house left end of the lobby. Thanks to Cat Lukaszewski for sharing her photo. It's one of 49 great views she has in a Hollywood Pantages album on Facebook that were taken at the April 2022 LAHTF "all-about" tour.



The house left end of the space. Photo: Bill Counter - 2017 
 
 

A closer look at the drinking fountain. Photo: Claudia Mullins - 2022



A detail of a bit of sidewall ornament. Thanks to Steve Shriver for the  2010 photo on Flickr. It's in his Hollywood Pantages Theatre set of photos he took at the LAHTF "all-about" tour of the theatre.



One of the doors leading into the auditorium. Photo: Bill Counter - 2017



A ceiling view looking toward house right. Photo: Bill Counter - 2017 
 
 

A ceiling fixture. Photo: Bill Counter - 2022

Pages about the Pantages Theatre:
| Pantages overview | street views 1929 to 1954 | street views 1955 to present | ticket lobby | entrance vestibule | main lobby | main lounges | back to top - main floor inner lobby | balcony lobby and lounge areas | vintage auditorium views | recent auditorium views | backstage | booth | support areas |

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