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The request for an EIR was heard on November 13, 2008, by the San Francisco Planning Commission. [10] The Planning Commission unanimously approved the request of the Friends of 1800 for an EIR, so an EIR was required for the project. [11] A feasible plan to pay for and preserve the entire theater was not put forward by the activists. [12]
This is a list of theatres and live performance venues in San Francisco, California. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] For more information on theater in San Francisco, see Culture of San Francisco - Theater . This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The Roxie is one of the oldest continuously operating movie theaters in the US, [1] with its history tracing back to the early 1900s. The 300-seat theater was renovated in 1933, changed its name to the Roxie, and added its unusual marquee with neon sign but no place for movie titles.
Clay Theatre is a historic 1913 single screen theater building in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco, California, United States. [1] It was formerly known as The Regent, The Avalon, The Clay International, and Landmark's Clay Theatre. It has been listed as a San Francisco Designated Landmark since May 6, 2022. [2]
The Castro Theatre is a historic movie palace in the Castro District of San Francisco, California. The venue became San Francisco Historic Landmark #100 in September 1976. [ 2 ] Located at 429 Castro Street, it was built in 1922 with a California Churrigueresque façade that pays homage—in its great arched central window surmounted by a ...
Market Street Cinema was a historical theater located on Market Street in the Mid-Market district, San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1912 by David and Sid Grauman as the Imperial Theater. [1] It was converted into a movie theatre as the Premiere Theatre (1929) and the United Artists Theatre (1931).
In 1959, the San Francisco Examiner wrote that the Great China Theater was the last active Chinese opera house in the United States. [8] Due to the decline in Chinese opera, the theater stayed afloat by showing movies, relegating operas to special occasions like the Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. 1963, during the Foo Hsing Troup ...
The chandelier was built in San Francisco by Phoenix Day. A plaque honoring Arthur Mayer is mounted at the entrance to boxes L-M-N. Mayer watched the theater being built, was hired by Curran as part of the theater's opening-night staff, and continued working at the theater until he was nearly 100 years old.