Paramount Theatre (Oakland, California)
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The Paramount Theatre is a 3,040-seat Art Deco concert hall located at 2025 Broadway in Downtown Oakland. When it was built in 1931, it was the largest multi-purpose theater on the West Coast, seating 3,476. Today, the Paramount is the home of the Oakland East Bay Symphony and the Oakland Ballet. It regularly plays host to R&B, jazz, blues, pop, rock, gospel, classical music, as well as ballets, plays, stand-up comedy, lecture series, special events, and screenings of classic movies from Hollywood's Golden Era.
Grand Lobby interior, Fountain of Light over entrance and marquee
Image: Oakland Paramount Theatre exterior, 1975
2005 view of marquee listing Elvis Costello
1975 photograph by Jack E. Boucher showing the four-story Grand Lobby
Downtown Oakland
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Downtown Oakland is the central business district of Oakland, California, United States. It is located roughly bounded by both the Oakland Estuary and Interstate 880 on the southwest, Interstate 980 on the northwest, Grand Avenue on the northeast, and Lake Merritt on the east.
Downtown Oakland from Lake Merritt
Aerial view of Downtown Oakland and Lake Merritt
Lionel J. Wilson/Broadway Building at 150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
Detail of the Romanesque Revival Tribune Tower. The building serves as a quintessential Oakland landmark, timepiece, and navigation aid, as its unique green roof and massive red neon sign and clock can be seen for miles.