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Presidio Theatre


Photo from the Scott Neff collection.
Lee Neighborhood Theatres
2340 Chestnut St
San Francisco CA 94123

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Record #2926  
 Opened: July 1, 1937
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Architect(s): John H Ahnden
Architectural Style(s): Streamline Moderne
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Current Organ: none
 Also Known As: El Presidio
 Previously operated by: Westland Theatres, Hardy Theatres, Art Theatre Guild, Syufy Enterprises, Century Theatres

The El Presidio opened in 1937. The name was shortened to "Presidio" in 1951.

An article in the 4/1/1986 San Francisco Examiner reported that Syufy Enterprises planned to reopen reopen the theatre the following week after buying it from Renaissance Rialto Theaters whom had been trying to reopen the theatre since late 1985.

The Century Theatres lease on this marina district landmark ran out in August 2003 and independent theater operator Frank Lee signed a 33-year lease on the property. The theater closed and received a half-million dollar remodel, transforming the single screen into four screens by creating two 100-seat auditoriums in the former balcony and adding a small screening room to the side. The remodeled theater reopened on Christmas Day 2004.

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March 2019 photos from the Scott Neff collection.


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October 2011 photos from the Ky Boyd collection.


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August 2003 photos from the Adam Martin collection.


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1996 photos from the Syufy Enterprises collection.


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Photos from the Syufy Enterprises collection.


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Photos from the Vivian Evans collection.


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Last featured 12/24/2004. Last edited 2/4/2022.


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