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March 10, 2004 Willow Glen, California Since 1992

Photograph by Jacqueline Ramseyer

Flashback: Leslie Marshall has fond memories of the Garden Theatre. Her family went to the theater in the late 1950s and early 1960s once a week. Opening night at the Garden Theatre took place on June 22, 1949.

Gather at the Garden: An era ended with the theater's closure

By Amy Wicks

Before movies were shown in theater multiplexes and film enthusiasts shelled out $9.50 to watch a romantic comedy, Willow Glen residents came to the Garden Theatre on Lincoln Avenue and paid 50 cents to watch a Humphrey Bogart double feature. More



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Flooding problems	School closures	Building passion

Residents in the Canoas Garden neighborhood have no problems with a proposed 172-unit condominium project on Masonic Drive. Their concern is flooding. More	In a valiant, last-ditch effort to save their schools from closure, parents at Hester, Erikson and Hammer schools pleaded with San Jose Unified School District board members to look elsewhere to solve the district's $10 million budget deficit. More	If Willow Glen architect Salvatore Felice Caruso's name didn't proclaim his Italian-American heritage, his current civic volunteer positions would. More



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