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Paramount Theatre

Oakland, California
County of Alameda.
2025 Broadway
National Register Number: 73000395
 Resource type: Building.
Property type: Recreation & Culture - theater.
Congressional District: CA-9 Certified Local Government: YES
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Current use/information: Theater & cultural center.
Web Site: www.paramounttheatre.com/.

Statement of Significance (as of designation - May 5, 1977):
Built during the Depression and opened in December 1931, this great Art Deco movie palace was the largest auditorium on the West Coast, seating 3,476. Designed by Timothy Pflueger of San Francisco, the Paramount combines spectacular advertising with stark functionalism. With its 110' facade featuring a tile mosaic of two monumental figures, a stage 32' deep and 50' wide, a mechanically elevated orchestra pit, 20 production and dressing rooms, it serves all the arts from symphony to dance to variety shows and movies.


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