Redwood Theatre
California Avenue and El Camino Real,
Redwood City,
CA
94063
California Avenue and El Camino Real,
Redwood City,
CA
94063
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It could be ‘California Street’ as that maps ok, and it is close to El Camino Real. However in the 1952 edition of Film Daily Yearbook, the Redwood Theatre is listed at California & Montgomery. I can’t seem to map a ‘Montgomery’ in that area.
I’m confused about where this theatre was located. The first cause of my confusion: neither Google Maps nor TerraServer can find a California Avenue in Redwood City. The second cause of my confusion: Both Larry Goldsmith and Simon Overton say this theatre was replaced by a Bank of America, and Bank of America has three locations in Redwood City, these being; 400 Woodside Plaza; 700 Jefferson Avenue; 250-A Redwood Shores Parkway. None of them on a California Avenue and, checking the map, none of them very near to El Camino Real. Have the street names been changed since this theatre was closed?
Also, does anyone have a construction date for this theatre? S. Charles Lee was hired to design a theatre in Redwood City for a Mr. P.A. Frease (Southwest Builder & Contractor, January 27, 1933.) Assuming the Lee project got built, could it have been the Redwood?
Larry Goldsmith’s brief submission of this theater may not be totally correct in as much as “being demolished.”
Wile visiting the B of A at the address of where the Redwood Theatre was located shows some apparent signs of the original theater.
I was informed by a manager that the original building was saved and converted into the present day bank. Three cheers for the B of A!