Fox Oakland hoping for October return
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Michael Zoldessy
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February 12, 2008 at 7:55 am
OAKLAND, CA — After many years of work, this might be the year when the Fox Oakland reopens its doors.
Call it what you will, but the curtain is set to rise on the old-time movie palace — once the largest theater on the West Coast — 38 years after the last images flickered across its screen.
Oct. 26 is the target date to rekindle some of the old-time glamour and magic, 80 years nearly to the day after the picture palace opened its doors.
In this reincarnation, the Fox will be filled with live entertainers instead of talking pictures.
Read the full article in the Oakland Tribune.