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October 16, 2010. El Capitan Theater on Mission St. in San Francisco.

Well, it's not actually a theatre anymore. This beauty built in 1928 was torn down, except for the facade and foyer, in 1964. Behind the facade lies a parking lot.

Some history and old photos of this theatre are available online at Cinema Treasures.

This section of Mission St. was actually packed full of old theatres in various states of decay. Most of them have been put to other uses now. If I ever go back to San Francisco, I'd probably spend alot more time in The Mission, checking out the old theatres, the shops, and of course some Mexican food (I missed out this time). This was probably my favourite neighbourhood that I visited, however briefly.

October 16, 2010, at the corner of 16th St. and Capp St. in San Francisco, just outside of the Victoria Theatre. A useful reminder to pedestrians who are about to cross the street. Missing are signs reminding motorists to put down their phones and pay attention when turning through crosswalks too.

October 16, 2010. Somewhere along 16th St. near Folsom St. in San Francisco, on a fence with a bunch of other signs that appeared to be hand-painted by kids. I can agree with this. Riding a bike makes me happy too.

October 16, 2010. The cat entrance at the San Francisco SPCA on 16th St. at Florida St.

See also: Dog entrance.

October 16, 2010. The dog entrance at the San Francisco SPCA on 16th St. at Florida St.

See also: Cat Entrance

October 16, 2010, at the entrance to a parking garage in San Francisco.

"Warning: Automobile fuel and its by-products contain chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer or birth defects or other reproductive harm."

After reading this, I wonder how many people re-think chauffeuring their kids around in cars everywhere. Probably not many. Maybe they need to start putting these types of signs directly on cars, like they did with cigarette packages.

October 16, 2010, at O'Farrell St. and Mason St., San Francisco.

Hotel Virginia, with a liquor / food store and diner attached. What more could you want?

(No, I didn't stay here either.)

October 16, 2010, at the corner of Eddy St. and Mason St. in San Francisco.

I don't know what it is about San Francisco, but I found the commercial signage to be really cool here, especially on the old hotels, bars and theatres. Some of it is stuck in a bit of a time-warp. So yeah, I took a tons of photos of signs, theatre facades, etc.

And wow, here's something interesting that I just found out from reading the Bristol Hotel Wikipedia Page:

"In 1988 Valerie Solanas, author of the S.C.U.M. Manifesto and attempted assassin of Andy Warhol, died in the SRO Bristol Hotel in San Francisco. Richard Ramirez (a.k.a. Night Stalker) stayed in the same hotel, room 315, during his killing spree in 1985."

No, I didn't stay at the Bristol Hotel.