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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:
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Star Theatre, 2200 Clement Street, (415) 666-3488
Balboa
Theatre, 3630 Balboa Avenue, (415) 221-8184
Bridge
Theatre, 3010 Geary Blvd., (415) 751-3212
Castro
Theatre, 429 Castro Street, (415) 621-6120
Clay
Theatre, 2261 Fillmore Street, (415) 352-0810
Embarcadero
Center Cinema, 1 Embarcadero, (415) 352-0810
Empire
Cinema, 85 West Portal Avenue, (415) 661-2539
Lumiere,
1572 California Street, (415) 885-3201
Opera
Plaza, 601 Van Ness Avenue, (415) 352-0810
Presidio
Theatre, 2340 Chestnut Street, (415) 776-2388
Red
Victorian Movie House, 1727 Haight Street, (415) 668-3994
Roxie
Cinema, 3117 16th Street, (415) 863-1087
UA Alexandria, 5400
Geary Blvd., (415) 752-5100
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Coronet, 3575 Geary Blvd., (415) 752-4400
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Metro, 2055 Union Street, (415) 931-1685
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Vogue, 3290 Sacramento Street, (415) 221-8183 |
