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  • Balboa Theater 1964

    For having opened for business in 1926, it's too bad there isn't an earlier photo of this theater. At the time of this photo, theaters everywhere were having trouble making it. Many went out of business.

  • Balboa Theater 1972

    Only eight years separate this and the above photo, so the biggest change seems to be the movies that are being advertized on the marque. It isn't possible to tell from the first photo whether or not

  • Balboa Theater 2000.

    Not much has changed from the photo above except the cars. Although this theater was in danger of being closed due to competition from large multi screen theater complexes, the Balboa with only two screens is still alive and well. The new management believes that neighborhood movie houses are in for a rebirth.
    Too bad the first photo didn't include more to the left of the theater, maybe the bowling alley was there in 1964 too.

  • Golden Gate Theater 1930

    Built in the 1920s at the corner of Golden Gate Avenue and Taylor Street, the Golden Gate Theater was a major first run theater. Big-time vaudeville acts and world premiers atttracted many Hollywood stars to their stage.

  • Golden Gate Theater 2001

    Looking not too different from the above photo, the GoldenGate Theater, while still in business, is no longer a movie theater. It has for some years now been the venue for The Best of Broadway stage productions.

  • Portal Theatre 1926

    Located at 85 West Portal Avenue, the Portal Theater was the forerunner of the West Portal Theater, Empire Theater and Empire Cinema. This photo was taken prior to its Grand Opening; reportedly on December 26, 1926.
  • Empire Theater 1940

    In this 1940 photo, the biggest change appears to be the size and shape of the marquee.
  • Empire Cinema 2000

    Although it's been seventy-four years, almost to the day, since the first parton entered this theater buildng, to me, it appears little changed from the Empire Theater of 1940. A step inside, however, tells a different story. The once large single screen has given way to three smaller ones. It's called survival.


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