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'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' | '''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' | ||
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'''The Straight Theater at Haight and Cole Streets in 1978, a year before its demolition.''' | |||
''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library'' | |||
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'''Before its demolition the [http://www.thestraight.com/index.html Straight Theater] had housed [http://www.thestraight.com/sounds.html concerts] featuring Janis Joplin and other famous bands of the early rock 'n roll era.''' | '''Before its demolition the [http://www.thestraight.com/index.html Straight Theater] had housed [http://www.thestraight.com/sounds.html concerts] featuring Janis Joplin and other famous bands of the early rock 'n roll era.''' | ||
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'''The Haight Theater was closed in 1964 after over fifty years as a movie house.''' | |||
''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library'' | |||
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'''Marquee proclaiming the Straight Theater, 1967.''' | |||
''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library'' | |||
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Revision as of 23:40, 28 May 2011
Unfinished History
The Straight Theater at Haight and Cole Streets in 1978, a year before its demolition.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
Before its demolition the Straight Theater had housed concerts featuring Janis Joplin and other famous bands of the early rock 'n roll era.
The Haight Theater was closed in 1964 after over fifty years as a movie house.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
Marquee proclaiming the Straight Theater, 1967.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
The 1981 demolition of the Straight Theater, once the Haight Street Movie Theater, drew a large crowd to witness the end of the historic structure.
Photos: Chris Carlsson
Graffiti enscribed on wall across empty lot after demolition of Straight Theater.
Poster for Michael McClure play "Blossom" at the Straight Theater, c. 1969.