There are even glass-walled meeting rooms. And it’s clear that many hundreds of thousands of dollars (if not a million or two) have gone into completely refurbishing and updating the interior space. There are rows of high tables, and sofas, and relatively comfortable-looking chairs. Now, to be sure, it’s pretty nice inside. The business model seems to be selling seats (by the hour). Oh, and if you are to believe their home page from their web site…….it is:Ī community of purpose defining a new café experience where creative individuals and entrepreneurs can come together to meet, socialize, share ideas and connect with experts. But there’s a big difference: you have to pay to sit down. What’s that? It sounds just like Starbucks, Peet’s, or any other coffee place on the planet? Yeah, well, I guess you have a point there. It’s a place where you can walk inside, buy a coffee-based beverage, sit down, hang off the WiFi, and get some work done. What’s HANAHAUS, you ask? Well, I’m here to tell you. Here is what you will see as you approach the marquee today: The former Varsity has entered yet another iteration, however. As valuable as the property was, it was surprising that it would sit idle and revenue-free year after year after year. The hiatus lasted even longer this time, with the Mediterranean style courtyard leading to the theatre gathering dust and birds’ nests over the years.
#TIME WARP SOLDIER SLOPE MOVIE#
Thus, after many years in business (with the beautiful movie marquee surrounded by neon lights still intact), Borders shut down its Palo Alto store.
Times change, and rents keep going up, and even after a long run, Borders couldn’t keep the place open anymore. This, too, was not a permanent situation. I visited Borders countless times, and in those pre-Amazon days, it was often crowded with Palo Altans reading and buying the latest books. The interior still had the look of an old theatre: even though the screen and seats were gone, you could stand in the middle of the store, with its gently curved high ceiling and grand steps up to the balcony, and remember how it used to be. Borders Books took over the spot, and they transformed it into a really amazing retail space. The theatre sat, padlocked and empty, and it sat like a relic to an era of young fun nights and four dollar movie tickets. The revenue from ticket sales couldn’t cover the rent on such a huge place, so eventually it was shuttered. Running a movie theatre on one of the most valuable retail lanes in the San Francisco area was an economic mismatch. Well, the Varsity didn’t show movies for many years after that. It was a very positive introduction to the town that would later become my home. I had a great night, and I was practically rolling with laughter in the aisles from the movie. The place where they showed the movie was the Varsity theatre, a venerable cinema on University Avenue which had been there for decades. So, one night during a senior year in high school, off we went. I had never seen the movie (and if you know Rocky Horror, you know that you don’t really just sit there and watch it), and I had never been to Palo Alto. I lived in a little town called Moraga in the East Bay, and some friends of my girlfriend (now my wife) were going to see The Rocky Horror Picture Show. A little over thirty years ago, I made my first trip to Palo Alto.
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