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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: 4
Star Theatre, 2200 Clement Street, (415) 666-3488
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Copyright 2002 Hank Donat |