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8.A. - Page 223 <br /> New equ <br /> San. Mat C <br /> ENED 41 3 I <br /> NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC FLAG <br /> CO T !N iA` ON SHEET 1 AR 6 MI <br /> jhcction i umd er: 7 Page: 2 <br /> INTERAGENCY RESOURCES DNIStCN • <br /> NA110NAL PARK SERVICE <br /> The. ;as( on ; tti trae ry sceeen that chef <:cterizcs the building s .`evade <br /> ;.o both forward and back in its decoradve vocabulary. The main ar tsi! i <br /> block, behind in,4ce. 1 1935 Aet Deco canopy marquee, treat ies a multitude et <br /> Gr htc derails, including lancet and Tudor win cow openings capped \k/ith <br /> finials anc Pear-de-Us surrounded. by, foltalon to relief. An. equalhe ornate <br /> pierced lambrequin -like feature articulates mots of the buAdiritt's flab, <br /> stepped pareFtet roof line between projecting concrete eiera with a rWti e�.l <br /> Are Deco feel. In concert they do much to unity the building ensemble. These <br /> elements are also present in the design of the set -back tower atop the <br /> theater building's tar -and gravel - covered steel truss ax?w The open ste« l <br /> framed tower• was dramatically back-lit at tight. <br /> Fenestration along the Broadway street elevation is characterized by a <br /> variety of plate -glass store fronts flanking the recessed, ce trai box -of lee <br /> lobhv. The lobby was remodeled in 1950 in a S ouras -style duke -over with <br /> recessed cove lighting in the ceiling and a stylized flora -pattern teraz o <br /> floor. The ornate ticket kiosk from this period is flo longer present. <br /> Tc the west, along Broadway, is the Tudor arched entry to the theater <br /> building's upper floors. This feature is capped by a larger version of the <br /> lar brequin -Like parapet detail with the addition of a raised central <br /> car:ouche. The deeply recessed entryway carries the Tudor design motif as a <br /> rihhed vault, terminating in double glass -pane! hardwood doors with a <br /> ransom above. The west wall of the entry is marled with three, tali Tudor <br /> display windows. The oral 1928 hanging -bawl light fig lure is still in <br /> dace. <br /> Fenestration above the ground floor is sy±nietricai, corAs ti F, l' a row r; ' <br /> square. inward - opening wood transom windows. these are separated from <br /> the row of double -hung wood sash windows on the second floor by spandrels <br /> with blind lancet arches in relief. All window munties above the ground <br /> floor a re vertical, including those !fl the top lights of the four double-hung <br /> Tudor windows behind the theaters canopy marquee. Surmounting these <br /> features is a r ow of tall, slender, lancet arches with s€aa 1. diammond pattern <br /> fined Iilhi.s. <br />