Golden Gate Theater is a Spanish Baroque Revival Churrigueresque-style movie palace built in 1927 on Whittier Boulevard in East Los Angeles , California . In 1982 , it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places . The theater closed in 1986 ; the retail building built around it was damaged in the 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake and demolished in 1992 . The remaining theater building was left vacant for more than 20 years as preservationists fought with owners and developers over the future of the building . It was finally converted into a drugstore and reopened in 2012
1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake
1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake
Golden Gate Theater