Comments on: History Theater – Win Some, Lose Some (and Then Some)

By: Street Inflation « Burrito Justice

Street Inflation « Burrito Justice — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:52:30 +0000

[...] the history of the Mission! (Big surprise, I know). Look to the right of this 1970 shot (SFPL) of the Grand Theatre — it’s an 88 cent [...]

By: New Mission vs The Fox? « Mission Mission

New Mission vs The Fox? « Mission Mission — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 20:14:18 +0000

[...] Mission Street theater history porn here, and more pictures inside of New Mission here.) Possibly related posts: (automatically [...]

By: Alternate Mission « Burrito Justice

Alternate Mission « Burrito Justice — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:54:07 +0000

[...] Theater marquees a few blocks down the street, as well as the Leeds / Sketchers sign. No trees at all. [...]

By: Streetcars on Dolores, Valencia and Guerrero « Burrito Justice

Streetcars on Dolores, Valencia and Guerrero « Burrito Justice — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:05:41 +0000

[...] on Valencia to the ferries. We’ve previously seen this 1948 shot of the 9 in front of the old Lyceum Theatre (aka [...]

By: Latino Secrets « Burrito Justice

Latino Secrets « Burrito Justice — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:41:40 +0000

[...] Walking by the Cine Latino after lunch, I spied a finger-sized hole in the plywood covering up the construction. I was able [...]

By: Bowling Alley in the Mission? « Burrito Justice

Bowling Alley in the Mission? « Burrito Justice — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:49:50 +0000

[...] (That’s 29th st on top and 30th at the bottom. Safeway replaced the Lyceum Theater in the 1950s.) [...]

By: Avi

Avi — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:44:52 +0000

I keep walking by these old theaters and their “for sale” signs and getting big ideas… It would be fun to find out what these places are going for. Can this town support more theaters like that though? Some really shitty unpopular acts get booked at the places we already have, and smaller venues like the somewhat recently deceased 12 Galaxies keep having trouble. Letting them rot is such a shame though!

By: friscolex

friscolex — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:57:52 +0000

This is truly a killer post! I can never get enough history like this. And what great research. Thanks!

And even though I grew up around the areas included here, I still got mad love for the Sunset, West Portal, etc. These guys are doing pretty awesome stuff in the same vein as this post: http://www.outsidelands.org/index.php

By: johnny0

johnny0 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:37:40 +0000

I am simply amazed at how readily they moved houses in the day.

By: San Jose/Guerrero

San Jose/Guerrero — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:18:53 +0000

The homes on San Jose Avenue behind the old movie theatre – where the back of the Mission Safeway is now – were moved across the street to what had been the old San Francisco & San Mateo Electric Railway stop. See p. 14 of Arcadia’s “San Francisco’s Interurban to San Mateo”.