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The Mayan Theater opened in August 1927 as a performance arts theater specializing in musical comedy. [ 1 ] Leon Hefflin Sr. rented out the Mayan Theater downtown Los Angeles to produce the Sweet N' Hot, "Greatest Negro All Star Musical to Hit Coast." His business partner was Curtis Mosby, and the featured performer was Dorothy Dandridge. [ 2 ]
The Belasco Theater is a historic theater in Downtown Los Angeles, California. Opened in 1926, it operated as a playhouse and briefly as a movie theater until its closure in 1950, after which it was used for non-theater purposes. The building was renovated and reopened as a music venue called The Belasco in 2011.
English: Mayan Theatre, Los Angeles (www.historictheatrephotos.com) Date: 5 March 2020: Source: ... Mayan Theater; Metadata. This file contains additional information ...
Clements trained at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris. He was a key figure in the 1920s Art Deco architectural movement, and 1930s Streamline Moderne style, in Los Angeles. He also designed in historicist motifs and revivalism styles, such as the Adamson House in the Spanish Colonial Revival and Moorish Revival styles.
LAHCM No. 93. Significant dates. Added to NRHP. September 28, 1971. Designated LAHCM. 1972-02-23 [2] Storer House is a Frank Lloyd Wright house in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles built in 1923. The structure is noteworthy as one of the four Mayan Revival style textile-block houses built by Wright in the Los Angeles area from 1922 to 1924.
Mayan Theater, Los Angeles. Morgan, Walls & Clements was an architectural firm based in Los Angeles, California and responsible for many of the city's landmarks, dating back to the late 19th century. [1] Originally Morgan and Walls, with principals Octavius Morgan and John A. Walls, the firm worked in the area from before the turn of the century.
[16] [17] A series of sculptures based on the Mayan Theater (1927), a landmark movie palace in Los Angeles, form the basis of Tossin's installation The Mayan (2017). The theater's interior design by Francisco Cornejo directly appropriates motifs found in several Maya sites: Quiriguá and Piedras Negras in Guatemala, and Yaxchilán in Mexico ...
Landmark downtown Los Angeles hotel 61: Philharmonic Auditorium: July 2, 1969: 427 W. Fifth St. Downtown Los Angeles: Site of former home of Los Angeles Philharmonic; since demolished 64: Plaza Park: April 1, 1970: Between Chavez Ave., Main St., Los Angeles St. and Plaza Old Plaza District