David Markland posts at Metroblogging L.A. that the circa-1925 Rialto Theatre on Fair Oaks Avenue will be shuttered by its operator, Landmark Theatres. It's a single-screen theatre listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Markland posts that the Rialto was designed by L.A. Smith, who also did the Vista.
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Rialto in South Pas to close
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