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Central Valley

Entertainment sights in Central Valley

  1. Tower Theatre

    Fresno's Tower District began as a shopping mecca during the 1920s, gaining its name after the Tower Theatre, a beautiful art deco movie house that opened in 1939. The theater is now used as a center for the performing arts. Surrounding it are bookstores, shops, high-end restaurants and coffeehouses that cater to Fresno's gay and alternative communities. This is the city's best neighborhood for browsing and kicking back with an iced latte.

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    Tower Theatre

    The Tower District consists of a small stretch of shops, bars, ethnic restaurants and the landmark Tower Theatre, a beautiful 1938 art deco movie palace. The Tower Records chain started here and the original sign survives on the theater (the current store is across the street).

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  3. Mearle's Drive-In

    The Taj Mahal of classic drive-ins, Mearle's neon sign is flat out lovely to behold at sunset. Cheeseburgers, fries, shakes and other grease-pit fare are what you'll get here.

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  4. Storyland

    Adjacent to Roeding Park is Storyland, a kitschy children's fairy-tale world dating from 1962, and Playland, which has kiddie rides and games.

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