Title supplied by cataloger. The Warner Bros. Western Theater, renamed the Wiltern Theater, is located at 3790 Wilshire Boulevard in the Pellissier Building. This Art Deco (Zigzag) Moderne theatre and office tower was designed by architects Morgan, Walls and Clements; with Stiles O. Clements, designer; G. A. Lansburgh, theater; and Anthony B. Heinsbergen, murals. It was built in 1930-1931; in 1985, Brenda Levin Associates restored the exterior and auditorium for developer Wayne Ratkovich.; The Wilshire Boulevard Temple was founded in 1862 as Congregation B'nai B'rith. Designed in the Byzantine Revival style by architects A.M. Edelman, S. Tilden Norton, and David C. Allison, this Temple was dedicated in 1929. Its richly ornamental interior features black marble, gold inlay, fine mosaics, rare woods, and Biblically themed murals created by art director Hugo Ballin. The Temple was entered in the United States Register of Historic Places in 1984. View of Wilshire Boulevard, looking east toward Western Avenue with the Warner Bros. Western Theater, later renamed the Wiltern, on the right side. In the background is the domed Wilshire Boulevard Temple (formerly the B'nai B'rith Temple), at 3663 Wilshire Blvd and Hobart. The Art Deco and Spanish Colonial Revival style buildings visible on the left hold various shops and offices.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;23 x 19 cm. Photographic prints
Wiltern (Los Angeles, Calif.) Wilshire Boulevard Temple (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Art deco (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Synagogues--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Los Angeles Auotmobiles--California--Los Angeles Byzantine revival (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles Cityscape photographs Clements, Stiles Oliver,1883-1966 Lansburgh, G. Albert,1876-1969 Ballin, Hugo,1879-1956 Norton, S. Tilden Allison, David C Edelman, A.M Western Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.) Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Morgan, Walls & Clements
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