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Warner Huntington Park: lobby areas

6714 Pacific Blvd. Huntington Park, CA 90255  | map |

The Warner Huntington Park pages: history + exterior views | lobby areas | auditorium | projection booths | stage | basement |


The house left side of the main lobby in 1930. Thanks to Bill Housos for sharing the photo from his collection.



A lobby ceiling detail from the Bill Housos collection photo above. He notes that he purchased his photos of the Warner from the Theatre Historical Society several decades ago.


 The lobby areas in 2014:


The entrance vestibule. Thanks to Hunter Kerhart for the 2014 photo. Keep up with his explorations: on Facebook | hunterkerhart.com | on Flickr



Another entrance view. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014 



A detail of the ornament above one of the exit doors. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014



A look at the painted detail in the center of the vestibule. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014



Another vestibule ceiling view with, at the left, a bit of the snack bar in the main lobby. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014 



An entrance vestibule chandelier. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014



One of the vestibule fixtures from below. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014



Fuse panels at the north end of the entrance vestibule. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014



Another fuse panel view. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014



The boxoffice. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014 



Fan control. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014 



The Pacific Theatres snack bar, in all its glory. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014 



The main lobby from house left. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014



Tile work on the house left stairs. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014



A house left lobby ceiling detail. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014



In a main floor storage room tucked under the stairs house left. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014



In a storage room under the stairs house left. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014



The house left stairs. Upstairs, the auditorium is on the right. Underneath the bridge that's the main floor ladies room straight ahead. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014



The glamorous main floor ladies lounge house left. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014



The main floor ladies toilet area. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014



Looking toward house right from the bar. The men's restroom is straight ahead, under the bridge across to the balcony. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014 



A lobby ceiling detail house right. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014



A ceiling detail from in front of the snackbar. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014



A house right lobby ceiling detail. The balcony lobby is off to the right. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014
 


Looking up toward one of the balcony lobby railings. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014



A non-period fixture above the main floor side aisle entrance house right. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014 



In a storage room under the stairs house right. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014



The entrance vestibule to main floor men's room house right. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014 



The sink area in the main floor men's room. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014



Main floor men's room ceiling decor. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014



The main floor men's room toilet area. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014



The view down into the main lobby from the house right stairs. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014



The lobby ceiling at the balcony entrance house left. Note the jagged ceiling line -- following the slope of the balcony risers above. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014



An office at balcony level house right. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014



A balcony restroom before wall demolition. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014



The balcony level lobby, located above the entrance vestibule. We're looking toward house right. The openings at the left look down into the main lobby. Pacific Blvd. is off to the right. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014

Thanks to Hunter & Katie for their grand explorations! To keep with the latest: on Facebook | hunterkerhart.com | on Flickr


The lobby areas after a bit of selective demo (and tagging): 


The main lobby after a bit of demo. At the left there used to be a wall and doors separating the lobby from the auditorium -- here we can see directly into the seating area. The photo appeared with a September 2016 post on the Ghost Princess blog: "I went to the most amazing abandoned theatre today."



The balcony lobby after demo of restroom and office walls. Photo: Ghost Princess - 2016 



A dance on the tile floor remaining in a balcony restroom after wall and ceiling demo. Photo: Ghost Princess - 2016. Thanks for the photos, Princess!



The main lobby cleaned up a bit. Thanks to Paul Schneider for his 2017 photo.


During renovations to become a gym: 

 
Restoration partially done on the decorative panels above the entrance doors. Thanks to Jeff Raum for the January 2018 photo. His firm, Jeff Raum Studios, is doing the decorative painting on the adaptive reuse project.



Restoration work done on the entrance vestibule panels. Photo: Jeff Raum - January 2018. Thanks, Jeff!



Electrical panels getting replaced on the north end of the entrance vestibule. Photo: Hugo Ruiz



The lobby from house left. Photo: Bill Counter - December 2017



A closer view up to the office on the landing house right. Photo: Hugo Ruiz



A look out toward the street. Photo: Bill Counter - December 2017



A look in from what had been a separate lobby to the auditorium. Photo: Hugo Ruiz



The house right restroom. Photo: Bill Counter - December 2017



Another view of the house right restroom. Photo: Bill Counter - December 2017



The house left restroom. Photo: Bill Counter - December 2017



The elevator going in house left. Photo: Bill Counter - December 2017



Original deco carpet still on the house left stairs. Photo: Bill Counter - December 2017



House left balcony level. Photo: Bill Counter - December 2017



The balcony lobby. Photo: Bill Counter - December 2017



The balcony lobby from house right. Photo: Hugo Ruiz



Tile near the manager's office at balcony level house right. Photo: Bill Counter - December 2017



A look down from the house right stairs. Photo: Hugo Ruiz - 2017. Thanks, Hugo! 



Another view from the house right stairs. Photo: Bill Counter - February 2018



A portion of the east wall after restoration work by Jeff Raum. Photo: Bill Counter - February 2018



A ceiling detail. Photo: Bill Counter - February 2018 



Looking up toward the balcony lobby. Photo: Bill Counter - February 2018


The space as Blink Fitness: 


In the entrance vestibule looking to the street. Thanks to Mike Hume for this 2019 photo and the others that appear here. Visit his Historic Theatre Photography website for hundreds of great images of the theatres he's explored. Don't miss his page on the Warner Huntington Park.



The north end of the entrance vestibule. Electrical panels are behind the doors. Photo: Mike Hume - 2019



The entrance vestibule ceiling. All the decorative restoration work was by Jeff Raum Studios. Photo: Mike Hume - 2019



Looking into the main lobby. Photo: Mike Hume - 2019



The view back to the street plus a peek upstairs. Photo: Mike Hume - 2019



Across the lobby from house left. Photo: Mike Hume - 2019


 
On the house left landing Photo: Mike Hume - 2019



A ceiling detail in the middle of the lobby. Photo: Mike Hume - 2019



Looking toward house right. Photo: Mike Hume - 2019



The blue wall once was the back of the auditorium. Photo: Mike Hume - 2019



On the house right landing. Photo: Mike Hume - 2019



Painted ceiling beam detail. Photo: Mike Hume - 2019



Plaster ornament at the center of one of the lobby beams. Photo: Mike Hume - 2019



Top of the stairs house right. The stairs upper center go to the balcony. The door goes to the former manager's office. The balcony lobby is behind us. Photo: Mike Hume - 2019



The balcony lobby from house right. The image was taken from a panorama on the Blink Fitness website. The wall at the left is the west wall of the building. The openings at the right overlook the main lobby.



Looking out from the balcony lobby at the center. Photo: Mike Hume - 2019



A column capitol detail. Photo: Mike Hume - 2019



Looking down from house left. Photo: Mike Hume - 2019



A portion of the balcony lobby ceiling. The windows overlook the marquee. Photo: Mike Hume - 2019



Another ceiling detail. Photo: Mike Hume - 2019. Thanks, Mike! Check out more explorations on his Historic Theatre Photography site. 

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