Here we have the Garrick Theater which stood at 802 S. Broadway, putting it on the corner of 8th Street in downtown Los Angeles. This photo is circa 1913, which means the theater was only a couple of years old, and freshly renamed the Garrick, which may have been why the photo was taken. On the other hand, it might have caught the photographer’s eye because all that electric light must have been quite striking amid an otherwise inky black night.

The Garrick came down in 1927 to make way for the Tower Theatre, which is where “The Jazz Singer” had it very first showing. These days, the theater is still there, but it is now an Apple store. This image is from February 2023.