Park Theater
3519 Golden Gate Way,
Lafayette,
CA
3519 Golden Gate Way,
Lafayette,
CA
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Looks like The Park may soon become an ice cream parlor: View Link
Photos of the Park Theatre.
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Latest update: the alleged current owner of the theater is having a feasibility study done as
to if the Park can reopen and what it would take after being shuddered and not maintained in that time.
It can be done but it’s got to be done the right way and I pray this guy is not an egomaniac and has some knowledge of how the business works. I just can’t see and hope I never do see the marquee ablaze with “Twilight Eclipse” as the route they go because that just won’t work there.
Does anyone know what’s happening with this theatre or who the owners are? It’s been empty for a long time and it’s not listed on the market for lease or sale. I love the property and would really like to see something happen with it. If anyone has information I’d love to know.
2010 photo of the Park Theatre.
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I’ve heard of kencta. I think he’s a world renowned photographer and all around good guy. :)
Sorry I looked at the year wrong, this photo was already posted by LM on 4/16/06.
Here is a night photo courtesy of kencta.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/89841194/
2008 photo of the Park courtesy of Tom Spaulding
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Here is a 2009 photo.
Barry,
I met with city officials last year to look into reopening the Park. The city is all for it and will even allocate funds for exterior improvements, however the greedy scheister land owner isn’t budging. He bought the Park and talked just the right talk to appease folks about conversion to nightclubs or dinner theatre. Then he bought the apartment building just behind the theatre. Then he submitted a plan to the city to knock them both down for commercial use, or housing use. He can’t meet the parking requirements so the city wont allow him to proceed, so he’s just letting it sit there and deteriorate until it hopefully falls down or ends up in such a state of disrepair that the city won’t object to him just knocking it down and building just what lafayette needs…::sigh:: more Starbucks or townhouse space. You should ask the city where the guy lives and take a leak on his front door.
Here are some 1986 photos:
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This is a recent photo.
And here is the Park Theater in 2004.
Here is a 2005 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/34by7r
Is it possible to try to save this Theater with the help of the City of Lafayette? Could a non-profit foundation be set up to purchase the theater and continue its use as such?
Barry Hunau
38 year resident of Lafayette who loves this theater
Here is another recent photo of the Park Theater.
This is a recent photo of the former Park theater.
Lived in Walnut Creek in early ‘50s, remember, as a kid, going with older Sis 'n Bro to the Park to watch 'Quo Vadis'when it first came out. Thought it nicer than the little W.C. 'house’. Of course the “Orinda” had them both beat on ‘Facades’ & Interiors!
This theater is closed. Click on the Related Website above for the sad news.
According to that article, it was bought by a “real estate investor”—Doesn’t sound good to me.
In that same article, it mentions that Renaissance Rialto may give up on the Orinda theater when its lease is up in a year. This is even more disturbing news.
Sad but true.
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Another one bites the dust.
Alas, it is true. The Park Theatre has been sold. The last operating day will be Sunday 09/18.
Where did you hear the theatre is for sale? This is definitely not good news. :–(
Apparently this theater is for sale for $1.5 million. I don’t think that this is good news.
Some people are so touchy.