Central Los Angeles : MOVING IN
The first tenants of a $3.4-million Asian arts center to be housed in a historic Little Tokyo church have signed a lease, with remodeling of the building scheduled to begin in November.
Named the Union Center for the Arts, the 9,000-square-foot brick building at 120 N. San Pedro St. will house a community arts organization, a media production company and the East West Players, one of the leading Asian American theater companies in the country.
The center will occupy Union Church, which was built in 1923 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
For the East West Players, the move will mean expanding from a 99-seat theater in Silver Lake to a 235-seat performance space.
“We’ve been dreaming about this for years and years,” said theater spokeswoman Luisa Cariaga. “We will feel like we are in the heart of the city.”
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