Restoring Cinematic History: The Renovation of San Francisco’s New Mission Theater – Urban Land Magazine

In the first half of the 20th century, San Francisco’s Mission Street shopping and entertainment district drew crowds with more than a dozen movie palaces, vaudeville houses, and nickelodeons. But by the end of the century, many of these venues had been converted to other uses, remodeled beyond recognition, or torn down. One prominent survivor that narrowly escaped demolition—the New Mission Theater—survived more than a decade of neglect to reopen in 2015 as a five-screen cinema. The project involved carefu

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