June 19, 2005
Myron's Ballroom Demolition
The LA Business Journal reports that the Grand Avenue Nightclub, formerly Myron's Ballroom, located at 1024 Sout Grand Avenue has been sold and will "likely be torn down and rebuilt as a mixed-use condos over retail project." Myrna Myron, a former chorus girl, purchased the property in 1946 and made it a premiere destination for dancers and bands in the swing era. The dance hall was originally built by silent film star Mary Pickford.
Highly successful, the ballroom survived the end of the big band era and has continually reinvented itself with the many changes in contemporary music culture. The club hosted rock bands through the 1950s and 1960s, and was renamed Dillon's during the Disco era of the late 1970s. Nowadays, the old ballroom, known as the Grand Avenue Nightclub, hosts the latest in house and salsa music.
The location is one of the few historic Los Angeles ballrooms from the 1940s to remain in its original use. Another, the former Danceland Ballroom at 1350 Figueroa across from Staples Center, was demolished just this week. Others, such as the Cocoanut Grove (1921) at the Ambassador, the Hollywood Palladium (1940), the The Derby (1929) in Hollywood, and Florentine Gardens (1938) are threatened with near imminent demolition.
To view details of the development profile at the Myron's Ballroom property, visit: http://grandolympic.net/
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