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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
At first I thought the Skatium was same place as the Culver City Rollerdrome (shown below) -as they're both on W. Washington Blvd.
But, it isn't. I just found some vague information on Skatium here:
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/2409
It was a business (or act) of some sort founded in 1954 by Howard 'Hangman' Cantonwine. (from a comment at cinematreasures) |
That article says that the current building at 2517 W Washington Boulevard is the same 1923 building that once housed the Arlington Theatre and the Skatium. The property websites seem to agree with the 1923 build date.
GSV
The Skatium appears in the City Directories from 1956 to 1973. One of the links in the Cinema Treasures article is dead, but the post seems to suggest that the Skatium closed around 1980. I found this picture of an old sign on flickr. There's no date with the picture, but it predates the historic Streetview images I checked. I'm still looking for pictures of the Skatium when it was open.
jericl cat on flickr