Fox Theatre
2215 Broadway,
Redwood City,
CA
94063
2215 Broadway,
Redwood City,
CA
94063
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The Fox Theatre was opened on January 5, 1929 as the New Sequoia Theatre, developed by Ellis John Arkush, an owner of a chain of movie houses on the San Francisco Peninsula. Arkush was said to have toured Europe, viewing famous buildings which gave him ideas for the New Sequoia. The building was designed by the Reid Brothers of San Francisco, and featured and Atmospheric Moorish styling in the interior and Gothic Revival styling on the exterior.
Although used from the beginning for motion pictures, the New Sequoia Theatre had a stage for vaudeville and a pipe organ by the Robert Morton Organ Company. A projection machine was provided to show moving clouds and twinkling starts across the ceiling. Hand-carved tiles were used extensively in the interiors. The building was purchased by the Fox West Coast chain in October of 1929, and was used for movie attractions for a number of years.
After a partial collapse of the main auditorium ceiling over the balcony in June 1950, the Fox Theatre underwent extensive remodeling on the interiors, specifically in the auditorium area which was re-done in the Skouras style identified with many Fox movie houses. The new design was done by architect Carl G. Moeller and it reopened on September 15, 1950, with a slightly reduced seating capacity of 1,325.
In 1993, the Fox Theatre was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
It was closed in December 2009.
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Peter Berner
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Historical photos from the Redwood City Library:
Lobby in 1979:
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Opening day celebration as the Fox in 1950:
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Some photos of the Fox Theatre courtesy kevystew.
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Here is a July 1951 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/yfkflcq
Why not link directly to the source of the photo instead of putting it in your photobucket. Give credit where credit is due.
Chuck1231, One of the problems with linking pictures from the source is things change and the original link becomes a dead link. ken mc has linked afew shots in the past to current eBay pictures that are only good for a month many times. After that time they are dead links.
Then when putting it in a photobucket account you need to give credit to the person responsible for the photo. Need to take copy rights into consideration also.
2009 photo of the Fox Theatre.
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This theatre was recently purchased by a new investor who promises to re-open the theatre by mid-summer of 2010. Will be used for live/civic attractions. No showing of films was mentioned in article..(Peninsula Examiner,5/10)
Thanks Larry.
The Fox is re-opened and operating as a live theatre venue, with some films. They recently hosted a film festival.
Therefore, we should have this listed as OPEN
and website changed to http://www.foxrwc.com/
Thanks!
Its open and doing well