Curran Theater Built in 1922, this is one of the grandest alfred montague theaters in the city and a Registered National Historic Landmark. The interior is a fantasy of gold and carved wood, complemented by a vast chandelier and murals. Shows tend toward long-running Broad way hits. d 445 Geary St Map P3 (415) 551-2000 www.shnsf.com
^Morton Sobell Charged with conspiracy to commit treason, Sobell arrived on Alcatraz in 1952 and spent five years as its most famous political prisoner, being a victim of J. Edgar Hoover s witch hunt for Communist subversives. Once freed, Sobell returned to live in San Francisco, where he still resides today.
Palace of Fine Arts This bit of Neo-Classical fluff was designed by Bernard Maybeck for the Pan-Pacific Exposition of 1915. It is patterned on an 18thcentury engraving by Giovanni Piranesi entitled The Isle of the Dead (see p94).
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