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Movie theater at casino12/21/2023 ![]() In 1931, the property was acquired by Vincent and Concetta Russo, who had run the theater since 1921. Hence, the building was named the Casino Theater. Although Chambers owned the land, the Casino Amusement Company owned the building. Unfortunately, only two years after construction, the two side passages were converted into a restaurant and a shoe shine establishment. One year later, the building permit was granted for a one story, steel reinforced concrete theater. Two exits would be located at the stage end of the auditorium, opening to the outside passageway. It would have a passage on either side and in the rear as a means of protection in the event of fire. ![]() Chaffey, would be a one-story concrete building, seating 800 patrons, and would be the first to comply with the new building ordinance. In March 1912, the San Diego Union reported that excavation had begun on the first fireproof theater building on the Chambers lot, on the east side of Fifth Ave. Chambers, who at the time ran a second-hand furniture store on Sixth Avenue, decided not to develop his property until 1912. Chambers, father of famed Olympic swimmer Florence Chambers, purchased the property from L.G. Prior to 1904, the property between 643 and 651 Fifth Avenue was nothing more than a series of small wooden buildings housing a shoemaker, a jeweler and a cigar and cigarette merchant.
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