North Park Theatre - San Diego, CA - Converted Bank Buildings on Waymarking.com

This Theatre has been beautifully refurbished and one learns that it was once a Bank/Cinema Building by a sign in the pavement at the entrance which reads:

"NORTH PARK THEATRE &
BANK OF AMERICA BUILD-
ING. EMIL KLICKA WAS
THE DRIVING FORCE
BEHIND THE CON-
STRUCTION OF
THIS THEATER
AND OFFICE
BUILDING."

"THE FOX WEST COAST
CINEMA WAS ONE OF
THE FIRST THEATRES
EQUIPPED FOR SOUND
PROJECTION AND
LEGITIMATE
THEATRICAL
PRODUC-
TIONS."

"BUILT IN
1928, SAN
DIEGO'S FIRST
MAJOR SUB-
URBAN THEATRE
WAS DESIGNED BY
THE QUAYLE BROTHERS,
ARCHITECTS; CONSTRUC-
TION BY B.O. LARSEN."

"ONE OF
THE OFFICE
BUILDING'S
CHIEF BUSI-
NESSES WAS A
BRANCH OF THE
BANK OF AMERICA WITH
EMIL KLICKA ACTING AS
THE BRANCH MANAGER."

Read more about the Theatre and see more photos at (visit link)

Address: 2891 University Avenue, San Diego, CA 92104-2929 Year: 1928 Website: [Web Link] Current Use of Building: Performance Arts Theatre

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Date Logged Log   05/09/2011 Metro2 visited it