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Alcazar Theatre (1911)

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332: 389: 152:, and again devoted to legitimate stage productions. The theatre was closed on December 31, 1961, and was torn down in March 1962 to make way for a parking lot for Hotel Stewart, which abutted it, but actually became the related Handlery Motor Inn. 246: 174: 454: 474: 459: 87:
fire. This venue soon became one of San Francisco's leading legitimate theatres offering a wide range of productions, and like its predecessor, also housed a popular resident
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of the 1930s, after remodeling, the Alcazar became the Uptown Theater, a secondary low-price
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restructured after the theatre moved locations, and it included Viola Leach (in 1912;
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The building was renovated once again in 1952, renamed the
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for some of its meetings, and afterwards reopened as the
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Demolished buildings and structures in San Francisco
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37°47′11″N 122°24′33″W / 37.78633°N 122.40910°W / 37.78633; -122.40910
Alcazar Theatre (1885)
Alcazar Theatre (1976)
theatre
San Francisco
California
Alcazar Theatre
1906 San Francisco earthquake
stock company
stock company
née
Louis Bennison
Will R. Walling
Charlie Ruggles
sound film
Great Depression
movie theater
Federal Theatre Project
Works Progress Administration
United Nations Peace Conference
"SF Public Library -- Historical Photographs"
San Francisco Chronicle
Newsbank





San Francisco Chronicle
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