Today’s Examiner contains another article on the Alexandria Theater. If you’ve been following developments here on the blog, you know that there has been lots of chatter and updates recently on plans for the property which has been unoccupied since… Continue Reading
Curbed SF reports that St. Peter’s Episcopal Church at 420 29th Avenue is finally ready to break ground on their new church and housing units for the developmentally disabled. St. Peter’s sanctuary has been vacant since it was damaged during… Continue Reading
Supervisor Eric Mar sent out his March newsletter recently which had a lot more specifics about the development being planned for the Alexandria Theater property: ===================== My office just received word from the Planning Department that the environmental documents should… Continue Reading
Supervisor Eric Mar spoke to SFAppeal about some of the plans that have been brewing for the old theater. He said there are designs to install an expansive restaurant and supper club inside the building. “My understanding in the latest… Continue Reading
SFist first shared this picture of a SF house with a rocket / space shuttle facade. Some commenters then identified that it is a building on 3rd Avenue near Geary, and the owner chimed in that the house “is often… Continue Reading
Our friends over at SFAppeal did some more digging into what the current owners of the Alexandria have in mind for the property. The building is currently owned by a group called Alexandria Enterprises. They plan to turn the back… Continue Reading
RichmondSFBlog reader Joanne sent this in to me after reading our post What to do with the Alexandria Theater?. She originally designed the poster for a graphics design class. What would Joanne like to see happen with the Alexandria? “I’d… Continue Reading
A recent New York Times article, Crumbling Movie Palace Finds An Angel, got me thinking about our sad, faded Alexandria Theater, which is quickly earning “worst abandoned building” honors in the Richmond. The article tells the story of a former… Continue Reading