The Pan Pacific Auditorium
The Pan Pacific Auditorium – Fairfax District, Los Angeles, California, USA
copyright 2011 O. Bisogno Scotti All Rights Reserved.
The Pan Pacific Auditorium was a great example of Streamline Moderne architecture which could not be saved, even after being secured on the National Register of Historic Places. Read the full story and controversy over the rise and fall of The Pan Pacific Auditorium here.
Minolta SR-T 101 SLR, 50 mm Rokkor lens, Kodak Plus X 125 Professional 35 mm b&w film, scanned on Polaroid Sprintscan 4000 film scanner. Exposure not recorded.
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I always look forward to your shots & info about LA. Keep them coming! Paul
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Thanks Paul for your comment. I used to live two blocks from the Pan Pacific Auditorium. After it burned down, the neighborhood felt empty. It had lost it’s crown jewel. This was a classic case of our government representatives turning a deaf ear to it’s constituency.
At the time, I wanted to create an image that would depict this structure/work of art in all of its beauty and despair. I had a gut feeling that it would not be around forever. Unfortunately I was right. I hope I captured it.
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Really great to see a little bit of the past that we lived with. I remember Monte and his friends getting into the place and skate boarding…..probably a lot more than that, but skateboarding. I think he was also in a band that had some photo’s taken there inside.
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Yeah, it was so easy to get inside, even bands were having their promo shots done in there! I wish I had pictures of the interior, but I could never get myself to go in. I felt I might be adding to the destruction.
I remember you taking pictures of a gang tagging one of the outside walls. Afterwards, you went up to them and asked if they were affiliated with a boys club! I’ll never forget that…and somehow, you lived to tell the story!
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What a story, in fact what a writer you are, as well as painting a picture with your camera you are a gifted writer, as well as a musician. A multi talented man to be sure!
I really like the photo you show her as still having grace and style even to the end.
{Of course I do it is in my favorite medium}!
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Amazing print! Is it available for purchase?
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