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Sentinel Building - American Zoetrope

Sentinel Building - American Zoetrope
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Type of Attraction
Buildings & Monuments
Neighborhood
Downtown
Interests That Apply
Architecture, Local Culture, History
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Price: Free
Is there parking?: Limited
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Water/Drinks: Available at attraction or nearby.
This is a good place to get: Snacks Dinner Lunch Breakfast
Restrooms: Available
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Kimberly Kradel

Kimberly Kradel

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Kimberly Kradel has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1985. Initially attracted to the area because of its bohemian reputation, she soon found that this was a place that she could call home. Some of the things that keep her in San Francisco a... More »


Liza Prado

Liza Prado

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Jerome Mayer-Cantu

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Liza Prado, Photographer

Liza Prado, Photographer

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The classic Sentinel Building at 916 Kearney Street is a North Beach landmark owned by Francis Ford Coppola and holding American Zoetrope, Zoetrope: All-Story Magazine, and the Niebaum-Coppola Cafe. Other than the fact that this building is one of the last examples of a standing flatiron building in San Francisco, this building is also famous for being the recording studio for the Kingston Trio and the Grateful Dead in the 60s, as well as having been used for recording Martin Sheen's voice-overs for Apocalypse Now. Sophia Coppola also worked on Lost in Translation here. Coppola has owned the building since 1972.

Local Culture
The building is green because it is copper clad and the copper has oxidized to this beautiful color.

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© Liza Prado