The Roxy Theater, where the post office is today, opened on Dec. 16, 1943 as a proud member of the Fox-West Coast theater chain. Many of the Pacific Beach kids who remember Saturday matinees at the Roxy are grandparents today. Scott Shore purchased the building in 1977 and booked live shows and art movies. I took this photo in September of 1980, when “Caligula” was the featured film. It featured Malcolm McDowell, John Gielgud, Peter O’Toole and Helen Mirren. The post office announced, on March 2, 1981, that it had spent $1.1 million to purchase the property. The theater was demolished three months later. — John Fry es un “casi” nativo de San Diego que se mudó a Mission Beach en 1967 después de graduarse de San Diego State, luego a Pacific Beach en 1970. Ha vivido en la misma casa en Haines Street desde 1972. En 1979, él y el difunto Howard Rozelle fundó la Sociedad Histórica de Pacific Beach. Comuníquese con John al (858) 272-6655 o [email protected].