I lived across from the Byrd Theater in the early 1970’s. By then, the “family” clientelle vanished when it became a haven for soft core porn. I remember that the big hit of its later years was a 3-D bomb “The Stewardesses.”
My favorite feature of the State Theater was the marquee. It was equipped with actual light bulbs. It would begin at the bottom and rise to the top culminating with a fireworks-like flash. I was still a young child when the theater closed, but that marquee remained unlit on that building for years. I yearned for it to be lit just one more time before being torn down!
Incidently, the zip code listed for the theater is not 94580. That is San Lorenzo, California. My guess would be 94541.
I lived across from the Byrd Theater in the early 1970’s. By then, the “family” clientelle vanished when it became a haven for soft core porn. I remember that the big hit of its later years was a 3-D bomb “The Stewardesses.”
My favorite feature of the State Theater was the marquee. It was equipped with actual light bulbs. It would begin at the bottom and rise to the top culminating with a fireworks-like flash. I was still a young child when the theater closed, but that marquee remained unlit on that building for years. I yearned for it to be lit just one more time before being torn down!
Incidently, the zip code listed for the theater is not 94580. That is San Lorenzo, California. My guess would be 94541.