As North Hollywood’s historic El Portal Theatre prepares for its 100th anniversary celebration this fall, visitors might be surprised to learn that the surrounding NoHo Arts District is in decline.
Not all of the theaters in NoHo have weathered these storms as smoothly as El Portal Theatre. Named after New York’s bohemian SoHo district, NoHo once boasted the second-largest theater district in the country, with 22 live theaters, trailing only Broadway. In the 1990s, creatives from Hollywood fled rising rents and NoHo attracted artists — until gentrification and rising rents pushed many out.
Can the historic North Hollywood Arts District make a comeback?
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