1442 2nd St.     | map |

Santa Monica, CA 90401

Opening: Early 70s.  The building was a garage in the 20s through the 40s. In the early 50s it was office space for an accountant and a real estate company.

It was converted into the Pussycat Theatre sometime in 1972 or earlier and ran porno under the management of Vincent Miranda's Walnut Properties.

It had a brief spell in 1995 under a short sub-lease as the Asia, an art house. Then the porno returned. It closed in 1998 after the building was purchased by a local developer.

Architect:  Unknown

Status:  The building has been gutted and is now the site of a restaurant, Buca Di Beppo.

More Information:

See the Cinema Treasures page on the Hitching Post for speculation about the Pussycat. This building, despite some comments on that page, was not the location of the Hitching Post. 

See our Hitching Post page for information on the building at 1448 4th St.

The San Diego Reader has a nice history of the Pussycat Theatres chain.

Note: The block did have a theatrical history before the 70s. The Vitagraph Co. of America is listed in the 1913/14 city directory as being located at 1440 2nd.