San Francisco Neon Series, Alhambra Theater, 1980
By Merideth Grierson
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"San Francisco, its devotees hope, can always be counted upon to buck the prevailing trends. The Alhambra, [before becoming a fitness center], was a case in point. At a time when the movie-going experience was becoming increasingly generic, with one octoplex indistinguishable from another, this theater remedied an earlier mistake. It reverted from a subdivided twin-title venue to a single-screen cinema place. The eccentric decor, heavy on the Moorish fantasy, was restored to its original splendor." - Erik S. McMahon
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San Francisco Neon Series, Alhambra Theater, 1980