Historic Theater To Be Reborn As Asian American Center

Downtown Los Angeles's urban development gets a boost with a new theatre, as movies, live performances, cultural events, and even Karaoke are planned for the center, developed in partnership with ImaginAsian Entertainment.

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February 17, 2006, 8:00 AM PST

By David Gest

"Hodgetts & Fung Design and Architecture -- the Los Angeles firm responsible for the restoration of Hollywood's Egyptian Theater as well as the new Hollywood Bowl -- has been selected to renovate a historic downtown movie palace into an Asian American theater and cultural center that architect Craig Hodgetts hopes will have the 'compressed, surprising quality that you find in a very dense Asian city.'"

Thanks to Melissa Tchirkow

FULL STORY: Hodgetts + Fung To Design Downtown Theatre

Thursday, February 16, 2006 in The Los Angeles Times

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