{"id":542,"date":"2010-07-12T10:25:26","date_gmt":"2010-07-12T10:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/?p=542"},"modified":"2010-07-12T10:25:26","modified_gmt":"2010-07-12T10:25:26","slug":"downtown-santa-ana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/2010\/07\/12\/downtown-santa-ana\/","title":{"rendered":"Downtown Santa Ana"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>During my <a href=\"http:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/2010\/07\/11\/studio-of-the-theatres-open-house\/\" target=\"_blank\">visit to the Studio of the Theatres open house<\/a>, I was made aware that many\u00a0people aren&#8217;t\u00a0familiar with\u00a0the transformation downtown Santa Ana has undergone over the past twenty years or so. &#8220;I never knew this was here&#8221; seemed to be a common statement at the event. Unfortunately, far too many people retain images of a time when Santa Ana was a place to avoid.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>In reality, downtown Santa Ana has experienced a significant renaissance over the past\u00a0couple of decades, developing in to a rich cultural center, which is perfectly safe to visit.\u00a0From a thriving arts district, to a bustling marketplace,\u00a0there is a great deal to\u00a0experience downtown; all set within the multitude of historic buildings which line the area.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>As for theatres, downtown Santa Ana remains home to three of Orange County&#8217;s oldest cinemas; <a href=\"http:\/\/occinema.com\/2007\/08\/31\/west-end\/#more-186\" target=\"_blank\">The West End<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/occinema.com\/2007\/08\/31\/west-coast\/\" target=\"_blank\">West Coast<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/occinema.com\/2007\/08\/31\/yost\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yost<\/a>. While they are no longer operated as cinemas, each stands in excellent condition and all are well worth visiting.\u00a0Below, I&#8217;ve altered a map, courtesy of Santa Ana Artwalk, to show the location of each.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/santaAnaMap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-543\" style=\"border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Santa Ana Map\" src=\"http:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/santaAnaMap-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/santaAnaMap-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/santaAnaMap-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/santaAnaMap-1024x652.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/santaAnaMap.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>In addition to the three theatres hilighted, the <a href=\"http:\/\/occinema.com\/2007\/08\/31\/princess-theatre\/#more-181\" target=\"_blank\">Princess<\/a> remains, at 218 4th street. However, the building has been drastically remodeled and offers no hint of it&#8217;s former life as a cinema. There is also an active movie theatre across from the Fiesta Marketplace, the <a href=\"http:\/\/occinema.com\/2007\/08\/31\/fiesta-twin\/#more-177\" target=\"_blank\">Fiesta Twin<\/a>; a relatively modern build which shows first run films with Spanish subtitles.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During my visit to the Studio of the Theatres open house, I was made aware that many\u00a0people aren&#8217;t\u00a0familiar with\u00a0the transformation downtown Santa Ana has undergone over the past twenty years or so. &#8220;I never knew this was here&#8221; seemed to be a common statement at the event. Unfortunately, far too many people retain images of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-theatre","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":544,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542\/revisions\/544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}