Tumbleweed Theatre, Five Points (El Monte), photograph of rendering

Description

34.062232, -118.019233, Current master is 300dpi reference image, One of Leeýs few realized "theme" theatres (as in "theme" restaurant), the Tumbleweed recreates for recent immigrants to Los Angeles the farmstead of the Great Plains. Built on a large site in the rural suburb of El Monte, the theatreýs auditorium takes the form of a Midwestern barn, with buttress-like dormers. To attract attention to the theatre, Lee used the form of the Plains windmill, a feature used at every farm to pump water from an underground well. Note on reverse: "Architectýs original conceptionýNote how closely the finished building matches the rendering."