From 1926 to 1985, a cultural beacon in the Sunset District on Irving Street near 46th Avenue.
Surf Theatre, 1970s, circa 1970 -
Location: 4510 Irving Street, between 46th and 47th Avenues
Opened: around September 1926 as the Parkview Theatre (there is a construction announcement in the San Francisco Examiner on December 12, 1925, but the first listing in the telephone directory is November 1926).
Renamed: The Sunset Theatre in September 1937.
Remodeled and Renamed again: as the Surf Theatre on July 24, 1957.
Closed: July 7, 1985.
(Thanks to Jack Tillmany for most of this information.)
Read a history of the Surf Theatre in this column by Woody LaBounty.
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Surf Theater in the 1960s
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Surf Theatre on Irving Street near 46th Avenue, early 1980s., circa 1985 - Photograph by Jim Cassedy
The Sunset Bar, Surf Theatre, and Busy Bee Market on 4500 block of Irving Street at 46th Avenue, 1970s., circa 1970s - Page launched 14 March 2001; updated 22 February 2013.
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