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Others were skeptical of the church’s stand on LGBT issues. A church in the neighborhood could jeopardize liquor licenses, future cannabis licenses, and possibly lower property values, he said. Some, such as Tyler Mackey, head of the Tower District Marketing Committee, are concerned about surrounding businesses. Tenants include the Sequoia Brewing Company restaurant and caterers The Painted Table. The property includes the main theater, and also other parcels on the block at the northwest corner of Olive and Wishon avenues. When news of the sale to Adventure Church became pubic in December on the Gay Central Valley blog, weekly Sunday protests started shortly thereafter. Hopefully, that’s a clear path now to get that done and to continue shows,” Abbate said.Ībbate sat down with GV Wire for a 30-minue live interview Friday on Facebook. “(We want to) finalize this transaction if we can. How great - church here, shows here … it was a home run,” said theatre owner Laurence Abbate.Ībbate, who faces strong objections from some community members, said the recent legal actions mean the current sale is “frozen,” but once they thaw out, he’s selling. “I don’t see why we all can’t get along like we have been. Will keep you posted if I find out more.Even with a split decision in the most recent round in the legal saga of the Tower Theatre, the owner says he still plans to sell the iconic venue.Īnd, he plans to sell to Adventure Church. Would be interesting if we could see what actual work was done in ‘37 and '41. Seems like a major alteration if the theater had just been remodeled in 1937 by Lee. Items submitted by the contractor included reinforcing steel, demolition, tile work, marble work, roofing, glass and glazing, plumbing, bracing, shoring, house moving, masonry, lathing & plastering, etc. In the file that I have, which documents the business side of the work, it seems a fairly substantial alteration was done. Although I don’t have the actual drawings of what was done, I have written Columbia where they are archived to see if I can see what is there (). Correspondence is with Nasser Brothers, Residential District Theater Co.

In the file that I have, the theater is listed as Nasser Theater as well as Majestic and Tower. Minton, with illustrations on this page and the text on the previous page. That means it’s likely that the marquee and vertical sign with just enough spaces for the name Tower probably dates from Minton’s remodeling rather than Lee’s.Ĭoincidentally, the August, 1937 Architect & Engineer did have a brief article about a school auditorium in San Mateo designed by H. The house was still listed as the Majestic in the 1939 city directory. One thing we can be sure of is that the name was not changed after Lee’s remodeling job. It was not unusual for theaters to undergo alterations requiring an architect’s involvement every few years. In any case (and I don’t know why I didn’t notice this earlier) Lee’s remodeling job took place in 1937, and since the correspondence you mention was dated 1941-42, it would have been about a different project. Leonard, either of whom might have been Lee’s San Francisco associate for this project. I checked the address in the 1937 San Francisco city directory, and among the 32 results were one architect, Douglas Dacee Stone, and one structural engineer, John B.

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Charles Lee, 381 Bush Street, San Francisco, has let contracts for remodeling the Majestic Theater at 2465 Mission Street, San Francisco.”I doubt that Lee maintained a full office in San Francisco, so 381 Bush must have been the quarters of someone associated with him, at least on this particular project. Aside from the fact that the Tower in Los Angeles had been built almost a decade earlier, the Architect & Engineer item I cited didn’t mention the name Tower: “S. AMinton: The conflation of the two Towers would have been highly improbable.

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