Homage to the Downtown Movie Palaces

Frank Romero, assisted by Howard Tharpe, 1990

Main Street, between 5th and 6th streets. The mural depicts "a downtown landscape spotlighting some of the historic old theaters on Broadway." (from Robin Dunitz, Street Gallery; Guide to 1000 Los Angeles Murals, 1993, p. 51).

Photograph courtesy of CRA, ca. 1990:

 Photograph by Ruth Wallach, 1/2008:

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