~ Nina Horn & the Orinda Theater battle
mentions:
Phillip Hofstetter ~ Photographer Antiqua
Pearl Harbor Day
Something Blue . . . Opening
Nina Horn - 2019
photo by Styrous®
Showing posts with label Orinda Theater. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Orinda Theater. Show all posts
October 25, 2019
Nina Horn articles/mentions
~ Nina Horn & the Orinda Theater battle
mentions:
Phillip Hofstetter ~ Photographer Antiqua
Pearl Harbor Day
Something Blue . . . Opening
Nina Horn - 2019
photo by Styrous®
August 4, 2017
July 15, 2017
Nina Horn & the Orinda Theater battle
Orinda Theater
In 1989, Nina Horn was one of several people honored with a "Volunteer of the Year" award by the Orinda Association for their work with the preservation of the Orinda Theater.
The theater was designed by Alexander Aimwell Cantin, an associate of San Francisco architect, Timothy Pflueger. Cantin also crafted the Royal, Castro and Alhambra theaters in San Francisco, the Fox for Weeks and Day in Oakland and the Rheem Theater in Moraga.
photographer unknown
The Orinda Theater opened on Dec. 27, 1941, with a double feature of The Maltese Falcon with Humphrey Bogart as private investigator Sam Spade and Mary Astor as the femme fatale and Tarzan's Secret Treasure which starred Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan.
Orinda Theater entrance
photographer unknown
Orinda Theater terrazzo floor entrance
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In 1982, Clark Wallace, the area's
biggest developer, planned a 116,000-square-foot office and shopping complex that involved tearing down the Art Deco theater. The theater was nominated by the state for the National Register of Historic Places
in August 1982, but Wallace's permission was needed. "It's a monolithic
mausoleum," he said of the theater during a January 1983 meeting with
the chambers of commerce of Orinda, Moraga and Lafayette. "It's ugly and
has no aesthetic value whatsoever." Really?
Orinda Theater lobby
photographer unknown
Wallace removed tenants and, in October, closed the theater with The Big Chill and Moscow on the Hudson. His opponents sued. The Friends of Orinda Theater
argued that Wallace hadn't sought alternatives to a plan that would
damage the community.
Also suing was the Orinda Association,
a quasi-governmental body that sat under county supervisors, arguing
not that the theater was priceless but that the development's height and
density violated town ordinances. "If the theater was saved, all the
better," said Jim Roethe,
a lawyer who was president of the association and lead counsel. Clark Wallace lost millions and nearly ruined his career trying to
get rid of the theater.
Orinda Theater interior
On March 28 1985, Nina Horn, an artist and art agent, remembers
standing on a pedestrian bridge taking memorial pictures of the
theater.
Orinda Theater mural
photographer unknown
The Orinda Association honors the citizen or group which has displayed
outstanding contributions through volunteer efforts that benefit the
community and the citizen or group which has displayed outstanding
contributions in the area of education and/or preservation of our
environment in celebration of William Penn Mott Jr.
Orinda Theater ceiling detail
photographer unknown
Orinda Theater
4 Orinda Theater Square,
Orinda, CA 94563
Movieline: (925) 254-9060
Office: (925) 254-9065
4 Orinda Theater Square,
Orinda, CA 94563
Movieline: (925) 254-9060
Office: (925) 254-9065
Net links:
ORINDA ASSOCIATION v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA
Orinda Theatre opening night for 75th anniversary
Lamorinda Weekly ~ Orinda Theater 75th - A Night To Remember
Styrous® ~ Saturday, July 15, 2017
Orinda Theatre opening night for 75th anniversary
Lamorinda Weekly ~ Orinda Theater 75th - A Night To Remember
Styrous® ~ Saturday, July 15, 2017
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