Landmark designation hearing for San Francisco’s Metro Theatre

posted by HowardBHaas on February 4, 2008 at 8:00 am

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — San Francisco’s Metro Theatre showcases both 1924 Spanish Colonial design and Art Deco remodel, yet has been closed since 2006. The San Francisco Landmarks Board will consider landmark status for the Metro Theater on Wednesday, February 6 at 12:30 pm in Room 400, City Hall. The Metro item is #14 of a 14-item agenda so it will be later in the afternoon. If you can attend, please do so. If not, consider emailing the Board. Click here for more info and you can view Landmark Nomination Photos and read the Landmark Nomination Report.

The nomination incorporated renovation photos that Ken Roe and I linked to Cinema Treasures, which shows the great importance that this website serves, and how important it is to publicly share theater photos (historic, renovation, and current).

Here are two of the photos:
Neon lit up

Thanks to Ken Roe for this photo of the Auditorium in 1997 under renovation. Notice the Angels on the side walls

Letters should be addresed to:
Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board
The Planning Department
City and County of San Francisco
1650 Mission Street, Suite 400
San Francisco, CA 94103

Letters can be faxed or emailed with Attention to: Sonya Banks, Recording Secretary
Fax (415) 558-6409

Theaters in this post

• Metro Theatre