Here it is, the Presidio Theatre, Building 99, 99 Moraga, The Presidio, 94129:
It’s been shut down for a while. Here’s how the moribund lobby looked in 2008:
There was a plan to open it up again, from back in aught-ten for instance:
…but that plan failed, in part, due to concerns over it competing with other movie theatres about town. So, some interested parties (known as the Xxx Family) donated money to “lobby” against the real Presidio Theatre ever being reopened.
That effort must have worked, ’cause here’s how the Presidio Theatre looks today in 2015:
So that’s it, Paradise Theatre closed, for good, due to your “friendly,” local, millionaire, theatre-hating, theatre-owning merchants.
On It Goes…
PRESIDIO THEATRE The historic Presidio Theatre, Building 99, is located at the western end of Moraga Avenue. It will be reused for its original purpose as a venue for performing arts and/or film. A new addition of up to 18,000 square feet on the west side of the building will include two small theaters, new accessible restrooms, an office, and a new interstitial lobby that allows the new construction to read as “distinct” from the historic building. The building will maintain its historic orientation to Moraga Avenue, and the historic auditorium will be rehabilitated as a single volume (see Figure 16). 3 S I T E P L A N : P R E S I D I O T H E AT R E ( B U I L D I N G 9 9 ) W I T H A D D I T I O N Eave Height Limit BUILDING 99 BUILDING 99 MORAGA AVE. MONTGOMERY ST. BLISS RD. INFANTRY TERRACE Entrance INFANTRY MONTGOMERY ST. TERRACE 15’ Setback from Curb Align Align Lobby Auditorium Existing Historic Theatre Allowable Area for New Construction PRESIDIO THEATRE FIGURE 16: CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN AND ELEVATION FOR THE PRESIDIO THEATRE New Construction Existing Historic Theater Connecting Structure • Prepare an HSR for Building 99. • Retain Building 99’s single auditorium and historic orientation to Moraga Avenue. • Limit new construction to 18,000 square feet; limit building height to the eave of the existing theater. PROJECT PARAMETERS • Differentiate new construction from the historic building; pull new construction away from the historic building with a transparent connector. • Apply design guidelines and HSR treatment recommendations; follow the PA-MPU design review process for new construction.