Los Angeles Theatres: Globe Theatre: Garland Building

2021 - The new facade lighting was on display in May when Gary Christian got this fine shot. He shared it as a post on the DTLA Development Facebook page.

Plans for the Garland Building and Globe Theatre are in the Morgan, Walls & Clements archive at the Huntington Library. They're in two batches on their website. Batch #1 starts with a basement plan, drawing #3760. You can page forward to the end of that group, drawing #3781, ceiling details. Batch #2 starts with drawing #3819 and ends with drawing #3847, a section drawing with a couple of fan details. Thanks to Mike Hume for locating these. Visit the Index to the MW&C Drawings that he's been compiling for his Historic Theatre Photography site. There's also an index by Mike Callahan on Internet Archive.

2021 - Thanks to Gary Christian for this March 5 photo he took -- the day the last of the scaffolding came down. It was a post on the DTLA Development Facebook page. The architect for the project was Omgivning.

2020 - Lots of progress on the formerly tawdry storefronts south of the theatre. Thanks to Gary Christian for this August photo he took for a post on the DTLA Development Facebook page.

2018 - The Garland Building in July during the rehab into creative office space. Photo: Bill Counter

2018 - A July view from the south. Photo: Bill Counter

2017 - Lettering above the office building entrance. Inside it's just a narrow sliver of an elevator lobby with stairs at the far end. Thanks to Sean Ault for his photo.

2017 - The building after the tenants were evicted from the storefronts. Thanks to Mike Hume for his photo. Head to his Historic Theatre Photography site for tech info and many fine photos of the theatres he's explored in Los Angeles and elsewhere. And don't miss his page on the Globe Theatre.

2015 - A shot taken when the storefronts were still occupied. The event was the initial concert in the reopened theatre. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for finding this one for a post on the Facebook page Photos of Los Angeles.

2014 - The view down on top of the world from the roof of the Garland Building. Thanks to Hunter Kerhart for this photo and the many others appearing on this page. Keep up with his recent explorations: on Facebook | HunterKerhart.com | on Flickr

2014 - West on 8th from the roof of the Chapman Building, just south of the Garland. Photo: Hunter Kerhart

2014 - The view south toward the Eastern Columbia Building and the United Artists Theatre/Ace Hotel beyond. Photo: Hunter Kerhart

2014 - Looking northwest. Photo: Hunter Kerhart

2012 - One of the grotesques on the facade. Photo: Bill Counter

Pre-renovation interior views:

Looking out onto the roof from the Garland's elevator penthouse. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014

Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014

Elevator equipment. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014

Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014

More Otis elevator gear. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014

Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014

Starting to head down from the equipment room. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014

Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014

North on Broadway toward 7th. The columns we see at the right are the two upper floors of the Garland Building. The reddish building beyond Ross is the State Theatre. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014

South on Broadway. The terracotta at the left is the upper part of the Chapman Building, just south of the Garland. Note the vertical sign of the Tower theatre. At the right is the Hamburger's / May Co. department store building. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014

Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014

Elevators -- and a vandalized mail chute. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014

Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014

In room 503. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014

The lobby view on the 4th floor looking toward Broadway. The display frames have signs suggesting you check out the films at the Rialto Theatre. Photo: Bill Counter - 2014

The lobby on the 4th floor looking east toward the stairs. Photo: Bill Counter - 2014

Looking in to the space on the 4th floor from the elevator lobby. This area was formerly used as a Mexican Wax Museum. Broadway is off to the right. At the far end there are restrooms. Photo: Bill Counter - 2014

Off to the left at the far end is an added fire exit connecting to the top of the Globe Theatre 2nd balcony. The stairway there gets you down to the south exit passageway beside the theatre and out to the alley.

Looking back toward the elevators on the 4th floor. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014

A closer look at the museum's boxoffice. The elevator bank is beyond the grate. In the boxoffice is still a fire permit for 1975 showing Metropolitan Theatres as operator. Photo: Bill Counter - 2014

A fuse box on the 4th floor -- with a marble interior. Photo: Bill Counter - 2014

Light fixtures from the lobby of the Globe Theatre. They were stashed up here on the 4th floor when the lobby was converted to retail space. Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014

Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014

Photo: Hunter Kerhart - 2014. Thanks, Hunter!

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Globe Theatre: Garland Building

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