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Teaching the Swim at the Galaxie. Thanks to Jack Tillmany for locating this February 13, 1964 article in the Chronicle. He comments:
On to the next phase. But owner David Rapken said he has "no present intention" of having strippers at the Galaxie. Thanks to Jack for locating this October 23, 1964 article in the Chronicle. The Moulin Rouge mentioned in the article as also being operated by Rapkin was later known as the Soul Train / Hippodrome / Stone.
In 1972 it became the Off Broadway. Jack did the research:
"While this site was still operating as the Galaxie, another venue at 1024 Kearny was operating as a dinner theatre which identified itself as the Off Broadway.
Thanks to Jack Tillmany for sharing this April 1975 shot of the Kearny side of the building that was taken by Tom Gray.
More history from Jack:
"This is interesting. A Christopher Atkins lookalike contest at the Off Broadway in conjunction with the opening of 'A Night in Heaven' at the Coliseum and Serra. Carol Doda was the judge."
Closing: Sometime in the 80s. Jack notes that the 1983 lookalike contest was the last Off Broadway documentation that surfaced in the Chronicle or Examiner.
Status: The building survives at Kearny and Broadway. In 2022 the ground floor tenant was the restaurant Little Szechuan. Gary Parks comments:
"I've always liked the look of this building. Architecturally, it's the most theatre-ish of the Broadway venues which still stand."
More information: Jack Tillmany's Arcadia Publishing book "Theatres of San Francisco" can be previewed on Google Books. It's available from Amazon or your local bookseller.
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