6360 Sunset Boulevard
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Occupants

Sources

YearOccupants
1965PACIFICS CINERAMA THEATER
1973CINERAMA DOME THEATRE-PACIFIC'S
1987CINERAMA DOME THEATRE-PACIFIC'S

Newspaper Articles

SourcesLos Angeles Times and Los Angeles Sentinel, accessed via ProQuest Historical Newspapers; Ethnic Newswatch and GenderWatch, accessed via ProQuest; La Opinión, accessed via Google News.

DateTitlePublicationArticle
4/8/1965"Stars Join Greatest Story Benefit"Los Angeles SentinelA benefit for the People’s Independent Church Senior Citizens Home takes place at the Pacific Cinerama Theatre (6360 Sunset) as a premier for the film “Greatest Story Ever Told.” Many of the stars will attend the event as well.
5/2/1995"It Was All in the Familia"Los Angeles Times“My Family” premieres at the Cinerama Dome, located at 6360 Sunset. This film, spanning three generations of a Mexican-American family, was the first Hollywood film with an entire Latino cast playing Latino roles. The post-screening event held at the Hollywood Mercedes-Benz showroom (6353 Sunset Boulevard) was also a benefit celebrating the 20th anniversary of the National Latino Communication Center, a resource center that promoted Latino artists and culture on screen. One of the cast members of the film, Esai Morales, was quoted by the LA Times as saying, “It’s time that people got to know the Latino American family. We’re part of the big American family. We’ve been here long enough.”
8/10/2000"Cinerama Dome Gets Revamping"Los Angeles SentinelThe owner of the Cinerama Dome, a landmark Hollywood movie theater located at 6360 Sunset Boulevard, announces the redevelopment of this site and construction of a new entertainment complex adjacent to it.
11/7/2002"Cine en todos los idiomas [= Cinema in All Languages]"La OpiniónAFI FEST 2002 is to be held at the Arclight Cinemas (6360 Sunset Boulevard) in Hollywood.
8/21/2003"‘Beah: A Black Woman Speaks,’ Screens at Arclight, August 22-28"Los Angeles SentinelThe Arclight Cinemas Hollywood (6360 Sunset) will screen a new documentary, “Beah: A Black Woman Speaks.” Directed by LisaGay Hamilton, the film studies the life and work of Beah Richards, a prominent Black actress who worked with Hamilton on “Beloved,” among other films and television programs.

Social and Cultural Resources

DateTypeResourceSource
1963Map"Cinerama Dome- Modernist architecture"HistoricPlacesLA

Census

SourcesU.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population and Housing, 1960-2010, accessed via Social Explorer and IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS).

1960
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1970
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1980
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1990
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2000
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2010
Tract 1908.02
Total Population4,2673,9214,8466,2516,3102,784
RACE% White98%95%60%64%50%51%
% Black3%10%7%6%
% Spanish / Hispanic1960 displays persons with Puerto Rican or Spanish surnames. 1970 and 1980 display persons with Spanish origin or descent. 1990 and onwards display Hispanic and Latino persons.9%15%31%57%55%53%
FOREIGN-BORNFirst reported in 1970% Total19%43%57%57%50%
% Noncitizen11%46%40%30%
% Naturalized Citizen8%11%17%21%
EDUCATION% w/High SchoolData for population 25 years and over. Before 1990, data display persons who attended high school. Data for 1990 and onwards display persons who have graduated with a high school diploma.78%79%82%59%60%73%
% w/CollegeData for population 25 years and over.27%34%42%44%39%48%
% w/Bachelor's DegreeData for population 25 years and over. First reported in 1990.15%17%29%
INCOME
(show as inflation-adjusted 2022 $)
Average FamilyFirst reported in 1970.$9K$12K$22.9K$29.3K$46.3K
Median Family1970 uses tracts from 2010, but with 1970 data. First reported in 1970.$11.7K$18.4K$23.9K$31.5K
JOBS% in Service IndustryData for population 16 years and over.11%10%21%30%38%25%
% in Personal Service & Entertainment IndustryData for population 16 years and over. “Personal Service” refers to workers in hotels, motels, laundering, cleaning, beauty & barber shops, dressmaking, shoe repair, and temporary parking services. Before 2000, restaurants and food service were not included in the data. In 2000 and 2010, they were included. First reported in 1970.14%15%23%27%21%
HOUSING% Living in Rented87%91%93%94%94%91%

Tax Assessments

6360 W SUNSET BLVD
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6360 W SUNSET BLVD

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