Unbuilt Theatre Projects

A legit house and hotel envisioned for the site later used for the Eastern Columbia Building, 1912: 

 

Thanks to Lisa Kouza Braddock for finding this article in the April 5, 1912 issue of the L.A. Times. 

 

 

The Harry Carroll Theatre, proposed for 6th and Hope, 1925:

Thanks to Lisa Kouza Braddock for locating this article in the May 30, 1925 issue of the L.A. Evening Express. 

More unbuilt projects: Majestic - 600 block of Broadway 1904 - see data on the page for the one that DID get built in the 800 block | New Hollywood Theatre c.1917 | Morosco - 7th St.  1920 | Music Box - Cahuenga Blvd. 1923 | Pasadena projects: Pantages - Warner - Mission 1920s | Roosevelt - Hawthorne 1926 | Wyatt Park Square Theatre  1929 | Laemmle/UA - Hollywood & Vine  1931 | Beverly Theatre - Beverly at La Brea 1934 | Trocadero - 8800 block of Sunset 1936 | Bee Bee - Santa Monica Blvd. 1939 | Valley Village Theatre 1941 | Artesia Theatre 1948 | Life Theatre - Vermont at Imperial 1948 | New Opera House - Lafayette Park 1948 | Valley Village Theatre 1950 | 

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