Kimberly Sandie
As Rebecca Solnits Cinema City map shows, only a handful of the 74 theaters available to S.F. moviegoers in 1958, when Vertigo was released, remain open today.
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With that earned optimism in mind, it seems fair to say that permanent closure of the Clay seems unlikely. As Jaiswal, who belongs to the Fillmore Merchants Association, told the Chronicle in September, "A boarded-up theater is horrible for the street." Although he is reportedly dissatisfied with the compromises by which that fate has so far been averted, his actions do suggest awareness, however begrudging, that a low-paying tenant still is better than none.