Show will go on at Marina District theater
It appears that at least one more single-screen theatre has been saved from the chopping block.
From the Examiner, “Demolition started last week on the total renovation of the theater at 2141 Chestnut St., which closed in October of 2001 and many assumed would never again smell of buttery popcorn.”
“The model — hashed out by the property owner, the Marina Merchants Association and the Neighborhood Theater Foundation — uses ground-floor retail as an engine to partially finance the upper-level theaters. In this case a 9,200-square-foot Walgreens will bring in enough rent that the two theaters are not under as much financial pressure, according to Miller. The theater will be an anchor to lure moviegoers to the block.”
Perhaps the Alamo Square/North Panhandle neighbors can find a way to salvage something out of the Harding Theatre as well, using this or a similar model…
