During the past week when UCLA was being flooded by a broken water main gusher which occurred in the middle of Sunset Blvd., it was mentioned that an awards show which was to have been held at Pauley Pavilion was being relocated to the Shrine Auditorium. I was trying to remember if this notable landmark had been mentioned on NLA before.
In a search I find that it was mentioned a couple times in reference to the Academy Awards having been held there (no photos) and then two years ago
E_R mentioned this:
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
I always thought this postcard was an early version of the Shrine Auditorium until I read rcarlton's post on the Beverly Theater. This afternoon I researched old photographs of the Shrine Auditorium and realized that it never had a central dome.
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...but E_R didn't post any of those photos
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I only found one post with images of the Shrine Auditorium.
BifRayRock's from Nov. 2012.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=10191
The USC Digital photos are no longer visible, but many others are.
Today I discovered that the "current" Shrine Auditorium opened in 1926, but that one had replaced an earlier 1906 version which had been destroyed by a fire.
Here's a 1910 photo of the original building.
LAPL
The fire gutted the original building in just 30 minutes. Here's a photo of the blaze.
LAFD Historical Archive
Photo information: The Shrine Auditorium Fire, January 11, 1920, 3:01 p.m.
Figueroa Street and Jefferson Boulevard. The Shrine Auditorium was destroyed in thirty minutes
during this three-alarm blaze. Six firefighters were severely injured by collapsing brickwork.
The Moorish (as opposed to noirish!) design of this building doesn't seem to inspire as many posts as say, the art deco Pan Pacific Auditorium, but it's been used for as many events as the Pan Pacific, including trade shows, Academy Awards, the Grammy's, film shoots (King Kong and A Star is Born, among others), movie premiere's and the USC basketball team even used the stage for it's home games for several years!!!
(1947)
LIFE Magazine