A fight is brewing over the proposed renovations to the 100-year-old Castro Theatre in San Francisco — illustrating an ongoing debate about the future of historic theaters in this country.
"I always joke that I was conceived at the Castro Theatre," said the San Francisco resident, who happened to be passing by the iconic, 100-year-old movie palace on a recent afternoon while out walking her dog."Both of them were on dates with other people, actually," Padilla said."They fell in love right here. And I've been coming to the Castro to see movies for my entire 26-year life.""The Castro really helped me find who I was," she said.
The venue has also hosted major film festivals like the San Francisco International Film Festival and the San Francisco Silent Film Festival.— which operates a handful of mostly music-oriented venues and festivals around the San Francisco Bay Area — has led to a struggle for the theater's future. "Another Planet's plan will mean that films rarely get shown, and community events rarely happen," said Sanford.The Castro LGBTQ Cultural District is one of several local groups pushing back against Another Planet's plans to refocus the venue's programming and make sweeping renovations.
"This is a hundred-year-old theater. You can't just change it any way you want," said Peter Pastreich, executive director of the
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