Lyceum Theatre
314-316 F Street,
San Diego,
CA
92101
314-316 F Street,
San Diego,
CA
92101
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Google’s street view on this page is six blocks too far west. The Lyceum was actually at the northeast corner of E. 3rd Avenue and F Street, and Google street view won’t be able to show it as the intersection was obliterated by the construction of the Horton Plaza shopping center.
Work on the mixed-use building that included the Lyceum Theatre began in the spring of 1912, as noted in this announcement from the May 25 issue of Southwest Contractor & Manufacturer:
As built, the building only had four floors, not the five originally planned. Hamilton & Smith Bros. designed at least three other theaters in San Diego, but I haven’t been able to identify them yet. Early San Diego Theaters indicates that there was a theater called the Gaiety on this site in 1909. It was apparently demolished to make way for the Chaffey & Cobb project.Here is a 1980 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/m2oknx
Here is a view of the Hollywood marquee in 1940:
http://tinyurl.com/4dxutj
New book-length Pussycat Theatre history from the San Diego Reader:
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