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The Philippine Center in San Francisco was built in 1911 by architect Fred Meyer. and encompasses a total floor area of 88,443 square feet (8,216.6 m 2). It is composed of two adjoining buildings located on Sutter Street, a block away from the prestigious Union Square and within a mile of San Francisco's financial district.
The auditorium hosted the 1920 Democratic National Convention, the San Francisco Opera from 1923 to 1932 and again for the 1996 season, [2] and the National AAU boxing trials in 1948. It was the home of the San Francisco Warriors of the National Basketball Association from 1964 to 1967.
The Herbst Theatre is an auditorium in the War Memorial and Performing Arts Center in the Civic Center, San Francisco. The 928-seat hall hosts programs as diverse as City Arts & Lectures, SFJAZZ Center, and San Francisco Performances.
San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center, 301 Van Ness Street Civic Center venue of the San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Ballet: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts: 701 Mission Street includes the Novelius/YBCA Theatre or Blue Shield of California Theater Z Space: Project Artaud, 450 Florida Stree Mission District
The Orpheum seats 2,197 patrons. [2] In 1998, after a previous renovation in the 1970s, a $20 million renovation was completed to make the Orpheum more suitable for Broadway shows. The theatre is a locally designated San Francisco landmark as determined by the San Francisco Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board. [3]
According to the San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department, the size of Civic Center Plaza ranges from 4.53 to 5.38 acres (1.83 to 2.18 ha). [ 1 ] [ 3 ] Civic Center Plaza is approximately symmetrical from north to south (across an imaginary east–west line drawn along the former route of Fulton Street).
Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall is the concert hall component of the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center in San Francisco, California. The 2,743-seat hall was completed in 1980 at a cost of US$28 million to give the San Francisco Symphony a permanent home. [1] Previously, the symphony shared the neighboring War Memorial Opera ...
The Castro Theatre originally opened at 479 Castro Street in 1910. [5] [6] It was subsequently remodeled into a retail store (currently occupied by Cliff's Variety, since 1971) in the mid-1920s after the larger Castro Theatre was built at 429 Castro Street, its current location, only a few doors up from the original theatre.