Powell near Columbus
View south across Marini Plaza reflecting pond toward the Washington Square Theatre ( later renamed the Palace, then Pagoda Palace) [RS1204 Washington Square later Pagoda Palace ca 1910s]
North BeachDigital
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Market & Hyde
Orpheum Theatre, Market and Hyde. The theatre opened in 1926 as Pantages. [RS1207 Orpheum as Pantages February 1926]
Civic Center
Orpheum Theatre
Market and Hyde, Interior view of Orpheum Theatre lobby The theatre opened in 1926 as Pantages. [RS1208 Orpheum as Pantages Lobby & Coat Check 1926]
Civic Center
Orpheum Theatre
Market and Hyde, Interior view of Orpheum Theatre mezzanine. The theatre opened in 1926 as Pantages. [RS1209 Pantages as Orpheum Mezzanine 1926]
Civic Center
O'Farrell near Stockton
Orpheum Theatre, 147 O'Farrell, south side between Stockton and Powell. Opened April 19, 1909, it was the 4th theatre to be called the Orpheum. In distance, Phelan Building, Call Building, Kamm Building, Bancroft Building. [Orpheum Theater, cost $1,000,000] [RS1211 O'Farrell St. Orpheum ca April 1909]
Downtown / Union Square
Taraval near 19th Ave
Parkside Theatre, Taraval between 19th and 20th. Different Bakery, Dickenson's Coffee Shop. 'From Russia with Love' and 'The World of Henry Orient' [RS1214 Parkside Theatre August 1964]
Parkside
McAllister near Leavenworth
Savoy theatre, 80 McAllister St. North side of McAllister between Jones and Leavenworth. Opened in October 1906 as the Colonial, renamed the Savoy,, and later the President. Here a nighttime crowd gathers for the opening of D.W. Griffith's Way Down East. [RS1215 Savoy Theatre (later President) Way Down East 17 October 1920]
Tenderloin
Chestnut near Scott
Presidio Theatre, north side of Chestnut between Scott and Divisadero. During the theatre's porn era. [RS1216 Presidio Theatre 1968]
Marina
Polk near California
View northwest across Polk to Royal Theatre, west side of Polk between California and Sacramento. Swan Oyster Depot, See's Candies, Citizens Savings [RS1217 Royal Theatre May 1975]
Polk Gulch
Market near Fulton
View south across Market from the former intersection of Fulton Street to Embassy Theatre with Sun Light Fountain Lunch (demolished) and Strand Theatre, Strand Popcorn Shop, Army & Navy Goods Store in Hotel National Building. Birdcage traffic signals. [RS1222 Embassy & Strand 10 June 1947]
Civic Center
Newcomb near 3rd
The Bayview Opera House, Newcomb between 3rd and Mendell, built 1888 in what was then known as South San Francisco. SF Landmark no. 8 [RS1223 SSF Opera House ca 1940s]
Bayview
Market near O'Farrell
View southeast across Market to Hub Theatre in Bancroft Building, Hearst Examiner Building and Central Tower (Call Building) at left. The Morris Plan in remodeled Kamm Building, Land Bros. Sporting Goods, Greyhound Bus office. Hub Theatre marquee showing 'Our Man Flint' with 'Von Ryan's Express' 'All men 30 years older than their wives in free!' Municipal Railway streetcar #1105 [RS1228 Hub Theatre ca 1966]
Downtown / Union Square
Mission near 20th
Tower Theatre, showing Spanish language films. East side of Mission between 20th and 21st [RS1231 Tower Theatre August 1964]
Mission
Eddy near Powell
Tivoli Opera House 70 Eddy Street between Powell and Mason, Cyril Magnin Avenue ( 5th Street North) now runs through this view. [RS1232 Tivoli Theatre April 1926 Vivian and Rosetta Duncan]
Downtown / Union Square
Stockton near Broadway
View north on Stockton toward Broadway. Times Theatre (1251 Stockton) showing Andy Warhol's 'Flesh' and 'Love Bus' (filmed on Muni and in Golden Gate Park) North Beach Hotel Richey's Bar, Municipal Railway Muni 30-line trolley bus #640 [RS1234 Times Theatre ca 1969]
Chinatown