El Capitan Façade

El Capitan, San Francisco, 2011.

What stands today is but a reminder of what this landmark once was. The façade still remains, but with billboards plastered on the marquee; the foyer is gutted so that cars can enter where movie patrons once did. The auditorium has been completely removed, and this is now a pay parking lot in the Mission district of SF. 

I found one link with some interesting research and a collection of marquee photos from the mid-1950s when theatres like this had not yet been snuffed out by television.