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The Azteca Theater ( Teatro Azteca) is a historic Art Deco theater in the Chinatown district of Fresno, California, built by Gustavo Acosta in 1948. The theater was the first Spanish language cinema in the San Joaquin Valley, serving a growing population of Mexican-Americans in California's Central Valley. It was listed on the National Register ...
The Tower Theatre for the Performing Arts is a historic Streamline Moderne mixed-use theater in Fresno, California. Built in 1939, it opened to the public on December 15, 1939, under the management of Fox West Coast Theater Corporation. The building was designed by S. Charles Lee, with its tower inspired by the "Star Pylon" at the 1939 New York ...
Warnors Theatre is a historic theater located in downtown Fresno, California. The 2,100-seat venue opened in 1928 as the Pantages Theater, after the name of its then owner, Alexander Pantages, and later, the Warner Theater in 1929 after it was purchased by Warner Brothers. The name was changed again in the 1960s to "Warnors" to avoid trademark ...
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The Mayan Theater opened in August 1927 as a performance arts theater specializing in musical comedy. [1] Leon Hefflin Sr. rented out the Mayan Theater downtown Los Angeles to produce the Sweet N' Hot, "Greatest Negro All Star Musical to Hit Coast." His business partner was Curtis Mosby, and the featured performer was Dorothy Dandridge. [2]
McDonald was born in West Berlin, West Germany, the daughter of American parents, Anna Kathryn (Jones), a university administrator, and Stanley James McDonald Jr., a high school principal. [1] [4] At the time of her birth, her father was stationed with the United States Army. McDonald was raised in her father's native Fresno, California, the ...
List of Art Deco architecture in California. Bullocks Wilshire tower, built 1929 in Los Angeles. Coit Tower, built 1933 in San Francisco. This is a list of buildings that are examples of the Art Deco architectural style in California, United States.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Fresno County, California. ... Azteca Theater: March 27, 2017 : 836-840 F St.