Reader Laurie V. wants to know:
“Cinema Latino” is what that old pillar-sign seems to say. There’s
some recent construction inside; they seem to have inserted a new
floor halfway up the structure; you can see it through those two big
holes they punched in the facade. There are some planning notices out
front but they don’t really tell me anything. Anybody know what’s
going on?
All I know is that place has really gone down hill ever since they eradicated that epic Ribity. Anybody else have the scoop?
Get ready to go crazy! I heard it’s going to be a higher end health club/gym.
A health club would be cool; I understand that during the dot-com era attempts to open health clubs were stalled because of fears of gentrification (plus the obligatory, “gyms are not representative of latino culture” arguments). Hopefully, that nonsense will be avoided this time.
How about a decent venue for live music in the Mission? That would be asking too much, though. Wouldn’t it?
Oh that would be awesome.
Can you imagine something like The Fox in the Mission‽
Your wish is granted. The *other* theater across the street – New Mission – is slated to become a music venue – with the Fox being the model. Unfortunately, the New Mission doesn’t have the architectural splendor of the Fox. Don’t know how the funding or permitting is going, sorry.
The New Mission is not as grand as The Fox, but it is still very, very nice, definitely one of the best surviving unrestored movie palace interiors on the West Coast.
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They have a permit to put some Whitey stuff up in there.
What is the deal with you and whitey stuff?
Get a new angle dude, this was old a long time ago.
…that’s whats “‘sup”
How banal.
Seems there’s been a lot of work on the Latino for quite some time.
Going on 97 years now.