Fox Theater Pomona

	Fox Theater Pomona
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Fox Theater Pomona
Location	114 W 3rd St.; Pomona, California
Coordinates	34°03′24″N 117°45′02″W / 34.05663°N 117.75046°W
Area	Los Angeles
Built	1931
Architect	Clifford A. Balch, Floyd E. Stanbery
Architectural style	Art Deco (Hollywood Egyptian Style)
NRHP reference No.	82002201
Added to NRHP	February 19, 1982

The Fox Theater Pomona is a fully restored Art Deco movie palace from Hollywood's golden age in Pomona, Los Angeles County, California. Today the Fox Theater Pomona is a state-of-the-art venue for concerts, cinema, performances, and parties. It is the flagship attraction of the Pomona Arts Colony, a vibrant neighborhood of galleries, nightclubs, lofts, and restaurants.^[1]

History

Opened on April 24, 1931, the Fox Theater Pomona operated as a first-run motion picture theater for 50 years. The classic "Hollywood Style" art deco building with its soaring tower was designed by the firm of Balch & Stanberry and was frequently used by Hollywood studios to host sneak previews of their upcoming films in order poll general audience reactions. The theater went into decline along with other large, single screen theaters in the early 1970s as a result of the increasing popularity of multiplex theaters. It survived for a few years showing Spanish language movies, then closed in 1977.

Partly as a result of citizen activism, the city of Pomona bought the building. In 2002 the non-profit Pomona Fox Corporation was founded to explore means of preserving and reusing the theater, but they were not able to secure enough funding for their restoration efforts. In February of 2007 the building was sold to its current owners, the Tessier family (who are also responsible for the creation of the Pomona Arts Colony concept and re-developers of many local buildings of historical importance) and their family-owned Gerald Investments. 10 million dollars was spent restoring the building into a beautifully revamped venue for the arts, music and film. After two years of restoration, The Fox Theater Pomona reopened on May 21, 2009, with a capacity for roughly 2,000 attendees. It has been ranked #23 in LA Weekly's top 50 Venues in LA.^[2]

Location

114 W 3rd St. Pomona, CA 91766
Pomona, California

References

^ Barragan, James (November 9, 2014)The Pomona Fox Theater opened its doors on April 24, 1931 at a cost of $300,000. The Pomona Fox was designed by Balch and Standberry of Los Angeles "Nightlife is reenergizing Pomona -- and creating some new problems" Los Angeles Times
^ Rodriguez, Monica (February 7, 2007). "New owners take the Fox stage". Daily Bulletin. Retrieved 2007-02-08.

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[1] Barragan, James (November 9, 2014)The Pomona Fox Theater opened its doors on April 24, 1931 at a cost of $300,000. The Pomona Fox was designed by Balch and Standberry of Los Angeles "Nightlife is reenergizing Pomona -- and creating some new problems" Los Angeles Times

[2] Rodriguez, Monica (February 7, 2007). "New owners take the Fox stage". Daily Bulletin. Retrieved 2007-02-08.

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