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Playland (also known as Playland-at-the-Beach and Whitney's Playland, beginning in 1928 [1] – some say 1926 [2]) was a 10-acre (40,000-square-meter) seaside amusement park located next to Ocean Beach, in the Richmond District at the western edge of San Francisco, California, along Great Highway, bounded by Balboa and Fulton streets. [1]
The museum's move sparked protests by San Francisco locals. An online petition was created opposing it, with over 12,000 signatures. Many of the protesters believed that the money was unavailable to fund the move and renovations, and many had strong feelings about the museum's historical and nostalgic significance from its history at Playland ...
Coyote Point Park, San Mateo: 1922–1923 Pacific Ocean Park: Santa Monica: 1958–1967 Pierpoint Landing: Long Beach: 1948–1972 The Pike: Long Beach: 1902–1979 Playland at the Beach: San Francisco: 1913–1972 Rock-A-Hoola Waterpark: Newberry Springs: 1962–2004 Formerly Lake Dolores Waterpark Santa's Village: Lake Arrowhead: 1955–1998
The Warfield Theatre, colloquially called The Warfield, is a 2,300-seat music venue located in the Theatre District in downtown San Francisco, California, United States. It was built as a vaudeville theater and opened as the Loews Warfield on May 13, 1922.
It opened on January 10, 2014 in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District at the Boxcar Theatre Studios. [2] The Speakeasy ran for seventy-five performances over five months to sold out houses, [3] directed by Peter Ruocco, Leah Gardner, and Nick A. Olivero. [4] David Gluck was the General Manager. [5] The production closed on June 16, 2014. [3]
1920s: Alcohol Prohibition & Organized Crime. America's Temperance Movement achieved its primary goal Jan. 16, 1920, when the 18th Amendment's ban on making and selling intoxicating liquors took ...
Airplane Coaster, Playland Park, 1928–1957; Bobs, Riverview Park, 1924–1967; Cyclone Racer, The Pike, 1930–1968; Thunderbolt, Savin Rock, 1925–1938; Tornado, Coney Island, 1926–1977; The 1922-built Big Dipper at Playland in San Francisco (1922–1955) was at one time said to be an early Prior and Church coaster.
This is a list of bands from the San Francisco Bay Area, music groups founded in the San Francisco Bay Area or were closely associated with the region for a significant part of the group's active existence. Individual musicians who formed bands under their own name there are included, but not if they were primarily solo artists.