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[1] In 1973, a bond measure intended to allow the City of Sacramento to purchase the theatre failed to pass, and the Alhambra was demolished to make way for a Safeway supermarket. [ 2 ] An original fountain is still intact and functioning on the south side of the Safeway parking lot.
The northeastern portion, including Redding, Yreka and Mount Shasta, became area code 530, reducing the 916 numbering plan area to Sacramento and its immediate area. On the same day, Dixon was reassigned from 916 to 707. This split left 916 as the only one of the original 86 area codes that no longer covers any part of its original area. [1]
The Tower Theatre, built in 1938, is a Sacramento, California landmark [1] and the oldest remaining, continuously running picture palace. [2] [3] The theater was designed by California theater architect William B. David in the Streamline Moderne style of architecture. [4] [5] The original owner was Joseph Blumenfeld, a second generation theatre ...
It is located in Downtown Sacramento at the intersection of Capitol Mall and 7th Street (south platform) and 8th Street (north platform) and within walking distance of the California State Capitol, Tower Bridge, Golden 1 Center, and Raley Field. Also, it is the westernmost station served by all three lines where transfers can be made between ...
SAFE Credit Union Convention Center pre-renovation. The SAFE Credit Union Convention Center, located at 1400 J Street, is a convention and meeting venue. The Convention Center features an exhibit hall with 240,000 square feet (22,000 m 2) of programmable space, 160,000 square feet (15,000 m 2) of exhibit space, 2 ballrooms, and 37 meeting rooms.
Included within downtown is the California State Capitol building, the house of the California state government.The major retail and entertainment area is known as the Downtown Commons (DOCO), which includes Macy's, the Sawyer Hotel, Golden 1 Center (home of the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association), and a wide variety of dining establishments and retail shops.
UltraStar Cinemas is headquartered in San Diego County and operates 147 screens at 15 sites throughout Southern California and Arizona. Recognized for pioneering the digital age of cinema, UltraStar was the first theater group in the world to be fully equipped with Pure Digital Cinema powered by DLP Cinema technology in all of its locations.
The Sacramento Film Festival started its life as the Sacramento Festival of Cinema, making it the oldest concurrently running all-genre film screening event in the Sacramento region. The Festival of Cinema began in 1995 under the guidance of Founder and Director Kenneth Segura Knoll. In 1998 Mr. Knoll transferred management of the event to ...