Musings on Art Deco and Modernism in the San Francisco Bay Area
It's not a sight you want to see. As I came out of the Muni underground at Castro Street earlier this week, police cars were blocking traffic at the corner of Market and Castro, and three fire trucks and their crews were busy in front of Timothy Pflueger's famous Castro Theatre. Two long ladders were… Continue reading Castro Theatre saved from fire by SFFD
Rain has finally descended upon a parched San Francisco, casting a perfect gloomy backdrop just in time for this year's Noir City Film Festival. Aficionados of the dark film genre are looking forward to this year's program, where San Francisco plays a role in some of the films, starting tonight at the Castro Theatre. Both familiar and long-gone buildings and… Continue reading Streamline Moderne gem a quiet star in “Dark Passage” at Noir City Film Festival
The Castro Theatre, architect Timothy Pflueger's first movie palace from 1922, is showing off a fabulous new exterior coat of paint. Now highlighted are the Spanish Baroque details of the exterior. A repaired hidden spotlight, when lit, illuminates the shell motif above the centerpiece mullioned window. Combined with the repairs in the late autumn of 2007 of the… Continue reading Castro Theatre gets a fab exterior makeover
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