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Warner Grand Theatre
- Location & Contact Information
- Address: 478 West 6th Street San Pedro CA USA 90731
- Telephone Number: +1-310-833-4813
- Official Website: [1]
- Overview
Warner Grand Theatre is an historic movie palace which was opened on January 20, 1931. It is located in Beverly Hills , and Huntington Park . Priteca later designed Hollywoods famous Pantages Theatre .The Warner Beverly Hills Theatre has been demolished, and the Huntington Park Warner, closed for many years, has been extensively altered, leaving the Grand as the last of the three original theaters remaining intact. By the mid 1990s it had suffered a lengthy period of neglect, despite having been declared a historical and cultural monument of the city in 1982. Adjusting the sign on the Warner Grand marquis The theater was facing possible demolition or re-development when, in 1995, a local group of activists formed the Grand Vision Foundation to work for the preservation of the historic building. Their efforts were successful when the theater was purchased by the Cultural Affairs Department (later renamed the Department of Cultural affairs) of the City of Los Angeles in 1996. Efforts to both restore and program the theater have been ongoing since the acquisition. That same year, the Grand Vision Foundation incorporated as a Pearl Harbor in 2001.[1]
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