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April 2009

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Monday, April 13, 2009 – From the Thirties

El Rey Theatre, 5517 Wilshire Boulevard - 1936 - architect Clifford A. Balch

El Rey Theatre, 5517 Wilshire Boulevard - 1936 - architect Clifford A. Balch

The El Rey was originally built in 1936 as a single-screen movie theater and functioned as a movie theater until the eighties, when it became a dance-music club called Wall Street – since 1994 it been a live music venue. On November 15, 2001, Mick Jagger premiered his new single here, ''God Gave Me Everything.'' Meg Ryan, Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup, David Spade and Naomi Campbell showed up for that. They’ve done Bob Dylan and Jackson Browne back-to-back, and Emmylou Harris did a benefit concert here a decade ago.

But the place has that streamline look of the Chrysler Building – it's New York in the thirties.

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El Rey Theatre, 5517 Wilshire Boulevard - 1936 - architect Clifford A. Balch
El Rey Theatre, 5517 Wilshire Boulevard - 1936 - architect Clifford A. Balch
El Rey Theatre, 5517 Wilshire Boulevard - 1936 - architect Clifford A. Balch
El Rey Theatre, 5517 Wilshire Boulevard - 1936 - architect Clifford A. Balch
El Rey Theatre, 5517 Wilshire Boulevard - 1936 - architect Clifford A. Balch
El Rey Theatre, 5517 Wilshire Boulevard - 1936 - architect Clifford A. Balch
El Rey Theatre, 5517 Wilshire Boulevard - 1936 - architect Clifford A. Balch
El Rey Theatre, 5517 Wilshire Boulevard - 1936 - architect Clifford A. Balch

Also, a nice touch, details of the of Desmond's store (Wilshire Tower) directly across the street - 1928 - Gilbert S. Underwood  

Face at the Desmond's store (Wilshire Tower) - Wilshire Boulevard - 1928 - Gilbert S. Underwood
Face at the Desmond's store (Wilshire Tower) - Wilshire Boulevard - 1928 - Gilbert S. Underwood
Face at the Desmond's store (Wilshire Tower) - Wilshire Boulevard - 1928 - Gilbert S. Underwood
Face at the Desmond's store (Wilshire Tower) - Wilshire Boulevard - 1928 - Gilbert S. Underwood

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Technical Note:

These photographs were taken with a Nikon D200 – the lenses used were AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or AF Nikkor 70-300 mm telephoto.  The high-resolution photography here was modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0 software.

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