Granada Theater is a theater in
Wilmington, Los Angeles
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Featuring a heavy concentration of industry and the third-largest oil field in the continental United States, this neighborhood has a high percentage of L ...
. C.L. Post of the
Post Cereal
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family built the Granada Theatre in 1926 as part of the West Coast Theatres chain. One year later, Fox Theatres purchased West Coast and changed the name to the Fox Granada.
The architect was W.J. MacCormack.
The
Los Angeles City Council
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The council is composed of 15 members elected from single-member districts for four-year terms. The president of the council and the president pro tem ...
designated the theater as a
historic cultural monument in 2021.
The theatre is closed but the Wilmington Granada Friends is fundraising to reopen the theatre as a performing arts center and independent cinema.
References
External links
*https://www.facebook.com/WilmingtonGranadaFriends
*https://sites.google.com/site/lamoviepalaces/granada-wilmington
Cinemas and movie theaters in Los Angeles
Wilmington, Los Angeles
Theatres completed in 1926
1926 establishments in California
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
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