Fine Arts Theater

429 S. California Avenue,
Palo Alto, CA 94306

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Mikeyisirish
Mikeyisirish on November 17, 2011 at 4:36 am

Here’s another recent photo:

http://www.thewholeearthisfilledwithhisglory.com/theaters/077b.html

Mikeyisirish
Mikeyisirish on October 21, 2011 at 6:35 am

Here’s a recent photo: http://www.thewholeearthisfilledwithhisglory.com/theaters/077a.html

LBorg
LBorg on February 14, 2011 at 2:59 am

My Uncle Lawrence Borg Owned this theatre from approximately 1947. Uncle Lawrence Died in 1954, however the theatre remained in the family, under the Borg Family Trust. The Trust was dissolved around 1996/7, and the theatre was sold shortly before the trust was dissolved. I am trying to research when he actually purchased the theatre, or if he was the original owner.

lostmemory
lostmemory on June 7, 2009 at 8:42 pm

This is a 1979 photo.

lostmemory
lostmemory on June 4, 2009 at 12:02 am

Here are two 1986 photos:

Day Photo

Night Photo

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on May 21, 2009 at 5:06 am

The architect of the 1951 moderne remodeling when the Mayfield was converted into the Fine Arts was Gale Santocono. The February 17 issue of Boxoffice ran the announcement, but managed to mangle the architect’s name into Gus Santascona.

lostmemory
lostmemory on January 8, 2008 at 2:41 am

If this building is on Loopnet, does that mean its for sale? And why didn’t you just link to the Loopnet page instead of removing their photo?

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on January 8, 2008 at 12:39 am

Here is another photo from a current loopnet ad:
http://tinyurl.com/2cc7ke

lostmemory
lostmemory on November 17, 2007 at 8:51 pm

Here is a photo of the carpet store which looks like it is closing.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on February 12, 2006 at 11:25 pm

The name of the current business is Jamil Oriental Carpets.

Dejael
Dejael on November 26, 2002 at 6:57 am

I worked in this theater as a part-time fill-in IATSE Union projectionist from 1980 to 1982.

It certainly didn’t look like the Mayfield when I worked there! It has a beautiful 1950s Art Deco facade which thankfully for art lovers has not been destroyed. It closed in 1987 and became the oriental rug store mentioned above.