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 2141 Chestnut Street. The former Cinema 21 becomes a Walgreens with a concession, the Marina Theater. Detail I Detail II Detail III |
The Alhambra
Theatre on Polk Street at Union was among the last great movie palaces
in the City. The former movie theatre is now a gym. Already in decline since
the advent of television, single screen movie houses continued to disappear
in the 1990s. In addition to the Alhambra, the Royal,
Northpoint, Cinema
21, Pagoda Palace
in North Beach, and Regency I & II also
closed during this period of economic prosperity. These lost movie houses
join several Mission District theatres as
symbols of San Francisco's vanishing Neighborhood Cinema.
The following venues carry the mantle for independent or single screen movie houses in the City: 4
Star Theatre, 2200 Clement Street, (415) 666-3488
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Copyright 2002 Hank Donat |