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Flagship in Kim Sing Theatre
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Pink and yellow light bulbs chase one another brightly across the underside of the theater’s orange neon marquee as I stand beneath it in 2013. Standing on the west side of Figueroa Street, across from the structure that housed Ford’s newly consolidated company called “Flagship,"I glimpsed two figures sparring on the other side of a large front window.[i] In addition to the former Kim Sing Theatre at 722 N. Figueroa, Ford’s mixed-use compound now also includes a gym called Strong Sports, a strange and somewhat unsettling backdrop to contemplate events that took place at this exact location in June of 1943.
[i] Flagship is described as “a multi-interest fashion, design, and athletics marketing, public relations, wholesale representation, and brand development company” in a post to “LA I’m Yours” from Mar 4, 2013.
