String of ‘pearls’ on Broadway

Regarding “Calendar Feedback: Curtain Up on Proposals to Improve L.A. Theater” [Oct. 27]: A letter writer suggests building a theater district downtown. There already is such a district.

It’s called the Broadway Historic Theatre District and includes a string of onetime vaudeville and full-scale dramatic houses. Some, like the Morosco (now the Globe) and the Belasco, have been beautifully restored and host live events; some have been converted for temporary retail use; and a couple, the Rialto and the 8th Street/ Olympic, are now full-scale retail establishments.

I discovered this on a tour hosted by L.A. Conservancy. Take a walk down Broadway, walk past the lavishly restored theaters like the Orpheum or the Theatre at Ace Hotel (the former United Artists theater), and check out places like the Cameo, the Roxie and the Arcade (formerly the Pantages). Robert Lerner Valley Center