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Color photo of the Pan-Pacific Auditorium, Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, 1953
Most photos of the cavernous Pan-Pacific Auditorium on Beverly Blvd focus, understandably, on the wonderful Streamline Morderne entrance with its four flagpoles designed to evoke upswept aircraft fins (see photo below.) But this picture gives us a better idea of … Continue reading
Looking southeast across the “Pan Pacific Village” on the 7500-7600 block of Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, 1942
Virtually every photo I’ve seen of the Pan Pacific Auditorium on the 7500-7600 block of Beverly Blvd is of the marvelous Streamline Moderne entrance. But this one from 1942 shows that it was part of the “Pan Pacific Village” which … Continue reading
Aerial view of the Pan Pacific Auditorium, Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, circa 1936
The Pan Pacific Auditorium on Beverly Blvd was, for over 35 years one of Los Angeles’s main venues for large-scale events like ice-skating shows, automobile exhibits, concerts, sporting matches, and radio broadcasts. Nearly all the photos of it just show … Continue reading
Angelenos arrive at the Pan Pacific Auditorium to see the silver jubilee auto show, Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, October 1937
People who are unfamiliar with Los Angeles architecture might be excused for thinking this shot of the Pan Pacific Auditorium on Beverly Blvd was a still from a movie using a matte painting background. But for over 35 years (1935 … Continue reading
The Pan Pacific Auditorium, Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, 1942
Most photos of the Pan Pacific Auditorium on Beverly Boulevard tend to focus on the entrance with the four strikingly Streamline Modern towers and flag poles. And why wouldn’t they? They became iconic from the day that the Pan Pacific … Continue reading
A custom-modified 1953 Cadillac Le Mans in front of the Pan Pacific Auditorium, Los Angeles circa mid 1950s
I don’t know much about cars but I even I could tell this one parked out front of the Pan Pacific Auditorium on Beverly Blvd was something special. I sent this photo to a friend of mine who works at … Continue reading
Pan Pacific Auditorium as the Algonquin Dog Park in MGM’s “Johnny Eager” (1941)
Here’s an instance where LA reality meets Hollywood fantasy. Last night I was watching MGM’s “Johnny Eager” (1941) starring Robert Taylor and Lana Turner (who has never looked more gorgeous.) Taylor plays a gangster who opens a dog-racing park. Cut … Continue reading
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A collection of photos of the Pan Pacific Auditorium, 7600 West Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles
The Pan Pacific Auditorium is one of my favorite lost Streamline Moderne buildings in Los Angeles. It opened in the mid 1930s where it stood at 7600 West Beverly Boulevard near the site of the Gilmore Field baseball stadium. For … Continue reading
General Dwight Eisenhower at the Pan Pacific Auditorium, 1952
General Eisenhower speaking to a crowd of 10,000 people at the Pan Pacific Auditorium in 1952. I guess his stump speech worked because a month he was elected President.
General Eisenhower speaks to a crowd of 10000 people at the Pan Pacific Auditorium in 1952 a month before being elected President
General Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke to a crowd of 10000 people at the Pan Pacific Auditorium in 1952 a month before being elected President. The Pan Pacific Auditorium used to stand at 7600 West Beverly Boulevard near the site of … Continue reading