Playland at the Beach & Sutro Baths Documentaries

Two very popular documentary films "Remembering Playland at the Beach"(2010) and "Sutro's: The Palace at Land's End"(2011), written and directed by Bay Area filmmaker Tom Wyrsch, will be playing at the New Parkway on Sunday, March 24th at 12:00 noon. Playing as a double bill for one admission price. (144 minutes) includes Q&A with filmmaker.

Remembering Playland at the Beach:
This full-length documentary film tells the history of San Francisco's famous 10-acre seaside amusement park, Playland at… Show more the Beach. Located next to Ocean Beach, it was torn down in 1972 to make way for a condominium development. Gone now for more than 3 decades, it remains one of the city's lost treasures. (60m)

Sutro's: The Palace at Lands End:
Tells the story of San Francisco's privately owned swimming, ice-skating and museum complex built in the late 19th century. Once the world's largest swimming pool establishment, the building burnt down in 1966. The ruins remain today. Journey back in time to revisit Sutro Baths when it was in full operation. A nostalgic trip back in time told by historians and the people that were there. (84m)

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