El Capitan Theatre for sale

Many of Hollywood’s best-known performers have

appeared at the El Capitan Theatre, which opened

in 1926. (Everett Fenton Gidley)

The asking price for the Hollywood landmark, restored to its former glory in the 1990s, is $31 million.

By Roger Vincent
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

September 17, 2008

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The historic El Capitan Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, where Citizen Kane had its world premiere and a generation of children have watched actors dressed as Disney characters cavort onstage, is for sale.

The $31-million price tag includes the six-story, 1920s office building into which the theater is built.   (click on ‘Continue Reading’ for more)

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Howard Hughes’ Spruce Goose hangar for sale

Spruce Goose hangar in 2007 (Annie Wells / Los Angeles Times)

The cavernous space where the mogul built his infamous seaplane is now used as a soundstage for movie and TV shoots. Real estate experts value it at more than $60 million.

By Roger Vincent
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

August 7, 2008

A chunk of Howard Hughes’ Los Angeles is on the block: the cavernous hangar where the aviation mogul built his infamous Spruce Goose aircraft that flew only once — for about one minute — in 1947.  (click on ‘Continue Reading’ for more)

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