Touring the Los Angeles Theatre

Check out these beautiful photos of the Los Angeles Theatre on Broadway by Curbed LA.

The Los Angeles, built in 1931, was the last of the opulent theaters built in what is now the Broadway Historic Theatre District – the first and largest theater district listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

While most of the theaters aren’t used as regular movie houses or performance venues on a regular basis anymore, you can still experience them through programs like the LA Conservancy’s Last Remaining Seats and Walking Tour, and Cinespia.

We haven’t had the opportunity to work on the amazing Los Angeles Theater yet, but we have done work on the Million Dollar Theater on Broadway, Raymond Theater in Pasadena, the Warner Grand in San Pedro.

PROJECT IN THE NEWS: Wilshire Temple receives $30 million donation

Philanthropist and member Erika Glazer just pledged $30 million over the next 15 years towards the restoration of the Wilshire Temple.

Wilshire Boulevard Temple’s congregation was the first synagogue in Los Angeles, and the current temple was built in 1929.  This Byzantine strucutre was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.  The restoration work start in October 2011 and is scheduled for completion for Rosh Hashanah services this September.

KC Restoration and Lehne & Son have been working at the Temple for years painting and maintaining the doors and windows.  Our current work during this huge restoration project includes decorative paint restoration, gilding, stenciling restoration, restoring and recreating the Zenitherm, door restoration, and window restoration (including some of the decorative leaded glass windows).

Check out this article and pictures at the LA Times, our own Amy Higgins even made it into one of the pictures.

Hall of Justice Renovation

Restoration work is in full swing over at the Hall of Justice building in downtown LA. Built in 1925, the building used to house the LA County courts, coroner, sheriff’s office, district attorney and jail. Unfortunately, the building was closed and red-tagged after the 1994 Northridge earthquake.

We bid on a couple different scopes of work for the project, hopefully we’ll still get to work on it!