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The first Century theater was the Century 21 in San Jose, California, which opened November 24, 1964, adjacent to the Winchester Mystery House. [1] The Century 21 theater was built to showcase Cinerama type movies (the left and right empty projection booths are still present), but in fact, it showed only 70mm movies. The screen was later ...
The Shops at Tanforan is a regional shopping mall in San Bruno, California, United States. It is located on the San Francisco Peninsula , 10 miles (16 km) south of San Francisco city limits. The site was originally used as a horse racing track from 1899 until 1964, when the grandstand was destroyed by fire.
In the 1990s, Cinemark Theatres was one of the first chains to incorporate stadium-style seating into their theatres. [24] In 1997, several disabled individuals filed a lawsuit against Cinemark, alleging that their stadium style seats forced patrons who used wheelchairs to sit in the front row of the theatre, effectively rendering them unable to see the screen without assuming a horizontal ...
San Bruno (from Spanish 'St. Bruno') is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, incorporated in 1914. The population was 43,908 at the 2020 United States Census . The city is between South San Francisco and Millbrae , adjacent to San Francisco International Airport and Golden Gate National Cemetery ; it is approximately 12 miles ...
CinéArts "Dome" Theater, 2013. On February 21, 1967, Century 21 Theaters opened an 895-seat dome theater between Monument Boulevard and Hookston Road, just off I-680. The futuristic dome-topped cinema became an iconic landmark for the newly incorporated city. [10] The theater was designed by prolific Bay Area architect Vincent G. Raney.
At the Tiki, the ringmaster of porn is Juan Martinez, the theater's longtime manager. Most days, the 59-year-old immigrant from El Salvador works 12-hour shifts in a tiny box office with a mini ...
In 1859 [5] the San Bruno Toll Road, later named the San Mateo Road, built by county seat [6] Redwood City businessmen, [7] was completed, merging with El Camino Real at what is today San Mateo Avenue in San Bruno. [8] In 1875, Richard Sneath began building a dairy, later controlling 3000 acres. By 1900, his business extended to three ranches ...
It also contains a Century Theatres multiplex, a food court, and more than 90 specialty stores, services, and restaurants. The original anchor in the corner, now occupied by Macy's, was The Emporium, which opened in 1964. When the rest of the mall opened in 1965, it had an open-air design. The mall was enclosed when it was renovated in 1987.