The building is currently a restaurant and nightclub called the Monte Carlo. It has a website at www.montecarlonightclub.com where there are current photos. The interior bears no resemblance to the original plan, except that the stage and balcony are still present. I used to live in Mountain View and saw this building go through several incarnations, from being decrepit and empty to the Rio Grande to the Limelight and now to the Monte Carlo (there might have been another name in there somewhere…). I’m sorry that it couldn’t have been maintained as a theater, but with a huge multiplex just a few blocks away, I can see why no one could make it work out. In a way it’s sad, but in another way I see it as a positive thing that the building itself was not demolished, and at least is experiencing creative reuse in some way.
As of spring 2006, we are still working hard to obtain the theater from the present owner, who has allowed it to fall into a sad state of neglect. We are working with Alameda County Supervisors, Redevelopment Agency, San Lorenzo Village Homeowners Association and others, with the immediate objective of arresting the decay and preventing further damage. Please visit our website at www.savethelorenzo.org for photos, historical background, and upcoming fundraisers.
The building is currently a restaurant and nightclub called the Monte Carlo. It has a website at www.montecarlonightclub.com where there are current photos. The interior bears no resemblance to the original plan, except that the stage and balcony are still present. I used to live in Mountain View and saw this building go through several incarnations, from being decrepit and empty to the Rio Grande to the Limelight and now to the Monte Carlo (there might have been another name in there somewhere…). I’m sorry that it couldn’t have been maintained as a theater, but with a huge multiplex just a few blocks away, I can see why no one could make it work out. In a way it’s sad, but in another way I see it as a positive thing that the building itself was not demolished, and at least is experiencing creative reuse in some way.
As of spring 2006, we are still working hard to obtain the theater from the present owner, who has allowed it to fall into a sad state of neglect. We are working with Alameda County Supervisors, Redevelopment Agency, San Lorenzo Village Homeowners Association and others, with the immediate objective of arresting the decay and preventing further damage. Please visit our website at www.savethelorenzo.org for photos, historical background, and upcoming fundraisers.