John M. Cooper's 1932 Streamlline Moderne Roxie was the last great movie palace downtown Los Angeles. Unlike others on L.A.'s Broadway, it was designed for motion pictures, rather than vaudeville shows, from the beginning. A store took over the lobby. 04/07/05
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Carol_M._Highsmith" class="extiw" title="w:en:Carol M. Highsmith"><span title="American photographer">Carol M. Highsmith</span></a>
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<p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/39735679@N00/474189621/">Roxie in Los Angeles by Carol Highsmith (LOC)</a><br></p>
Library of Congress image <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://memory.loc.gov/phpdata/pageturner.php?type=contactminor&amp;cmIMG1=/pnp/pplot/13700/13725/01343t.gif&amp;agg=pplot&amp;item=13725&amp;caption=46">LC-DIG-pplot-13725-01343</a> (digital file from LC-HS503-471)