Landmark Theatres confirmed the closure of the Albany Twin just two days after Cinemark announced the shuttering of its own movie theater in Westfield San Francisco Centre.
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An 88-year-old movie theater in the East Bay is set to permanently close on Thursday, just two days after Cinemark announced the shuttering of its theater inThe Albany Twin, a two-screen theater at 1115 Solano Ave. operated by Landmark Theatres, initially served as a meeting hall and dance hall with live music when it first opened in the 1920s. It transformed into a movie house in 1935, when the Albany Theatre moved in from its original 1913 location about a block away,.
A spokesperson for Landmark Theatres confirmed the news to SFGATE on Wednesday afternoon. “Landmark Theatres is constantly evaluating its business strategy and has decided to close the Albany Twin,” the spokesperson said. “We are proud to have served its community over its many years of operation.” After Thursday, the national movie theater chain will be down to 33 locations, with just three theaters left in the Bay Area — the Aquarius in Palo Alto, the Opera Plaza in San Francisco, and the Piedmont in Oakland. Landmark’s Embarcadero Center, which was housed in the same complex famously featured in
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