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Castro Organ Devotees Association
The Castro Organ Devotees Association (CODA) is an American nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and enhancing the tradition of live organ music in San Francisco's Castro Theatre.The Mighty Wurlitzer Organ Reinvented in Castro Theater: Plans to save iconic organ underway, by Heidi Smith, Castro Courier, November 2013. The theater is a popular San Francisco movie palace, built in the 1920s, which gained Historic Landmark status in 1976. The original Robert Morton organ was removed in the 1950s. The present organ, widely regarded as one of the finest theatre organs assembled, was assembled in the late 1970s using components from other organs, including its console, which was originally built in 1925 for the State Theatre in Detroit, Michigan to accompany silent pictures. The current console and organ were built by the Taylor family starting in 1979, and it has been owned and maintained by them since, but in 2014 they moved taking the console and one fourth of the pipewor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castro Theater San Francisc
Castro is a Romance language word that originally derived from Latin ''castrum'', a pre-Roman military camp or fortification (cf: Greek: ''kastron''; Proto-Celtic:''*Kassrik;'' br, kaer, *kastro). The English-language equivalent is ''Chester (other), chester''. It may refer to: People * Castro (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) ** José Antonio Castro (1808–1860) was a Mexican Californio politician, statesman, and general who served as interim Governor of Alta California and later Governor of Baja California. ** Julián Castro (Venezuelan politician) (1810–1875) a Venezuelan military officer and President of Venezuela between 1858 and 1859 ** Fidel Castro (1926–2016), dictator of Cuba, former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba ** Raúl Castro (b. 1931), younger brother of Fidel Castro, former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba ** Xiomara Castro (b. 1959), president of Honduras and wife of former Honduran presi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |