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Oakland
Heritage Alliance – nonprofit, citywide historic
preservation organization offering summer walking tours, including
one of the Uptown District.
Oakland
Tours Program – City of Oakland program offering
downtown and Uptown District tours led by volunteers; Web
siteWeb site has a link to the City's official Web site.
Paramount
Theatre – a National Historic Landmark two blocks
from the Fox Oakland. Built in 1931, carefully restored in
1973, and now home to both the Oakland Ballet and the Oakland
East Bay Symphony.
Berger/Conser
Architectural Photography – photographer Robert Berger
provided FOOF with interior photos of Fox Oakland Theater
taken in 1998.
Wagner
Electric Sign Company – this company, based in Ohio,
restored the Fox Oakland Theater's marquee and blade sign
in 2001, and posted these before, during, and after pictures
on their Web site.
American
Picture Palaces – a history of "picture
palaces," written circa 1997 by Mary Halnon, an American
Studies student at University of Virginia
American
Theatre Organ Society – an international membership
organization devoted to the preservation of the theatre pipe
organ and its music
Cinema
Treasures – a Web site devoted to movie theater preservation
and awareness. Its search engine offers a long list of Fox
theaters and former Fox theaters
League
of Historic American Theatres – a nonprofit association,
founded in 1976, whose members appreciate, rehabilitate, and
operate historic theaters throughout North America and abroad
Theatre
Historical Society of America – a nonprofit organization,
founded in 1969, whose members record and preserve the architectural,
cultural, and social history of American theaters
please let
us know about other Fox Theater websites that should be included
here; contact us at [email protected]
Fox
Theater (Tucson) – closed, fundraising, and undergoing
restoration
Fox
Theatre (Bakersfield) – a 1,500-seat performing
arts venue
Hanford
Fox Theatre (Hanford) – operating as a performing
arts venue
Fox Theater
(Redwood City) – a 1,460-seat performing arts venue
Fox-California
Theatre (Salinas) – a 1,085-seat theater and local
cultural center
Fox
California (San Francisco) – The Fox San Francisco was demolished in 1963 -- gone but not forgotten
Fox
California (San Jose) – undergoing restoration;
scheduled to reopen September 2004
Fox Theater (Visalia)
– a 1,300-seat performing arts and event venue
Fox Theatre
(Atlanta) – a 4,000-plus seat performing arts and
film festival venue -- a National Historic Landmark
Fox
Theatre (Hutchinson) – operating as a performing
arts venue
Fox
Theater (Salina) – under restoration; scheduled
to reopen spring 2003
Fox
Theater (Detroit) – a 5,000-plus-seat venue
Fox Theatre
(St. Louis) – operating as a performing arts venue
Fox
Theater (Spokane) – closed, fundraising -- restoration
and expansion plans will turn it from a movie house to a fully-equipped
1,725-seat performing arts center
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