From the time of San Francisco's reconstruction following the 1906 earthquake and fire, the stretch of Market Street between Powell and Polk Streets had been a lively and colorful theater district. Then in 1963, the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency demolished the celebrated Fox Theater, a San Francisco landmark on the corner of Polk and Market, designed by Thomas Lamb. It was replaced by high-rise apartments and commercial space covering the entire block of Market Street between Polk and Larkin, named Fox Plaza in memory of the theater. In 1964, BART began construction of its subway system, which for a decade turned downtown Market Street into a massive, gaping trench. The Strand Theater: Named the Jewel when it first opened October 1917 as part of the Grauman chain, the theater saw its name change, along with its management, several times over the next decade. When it was renamed the Strand in 1928, the name stuck, and so it remained until the very end. Operated by the West Side Theater Company from 1940 to 1977, the programming was triple bills, changed daily, with nightly bingo games. In 1977, the theater was purchased by Mike Thomas, who around the same time also acquired the Warfield, Crest and Embassy theaters. Thomas remodeled the Strand and hired security to keep out undesirables, then reopened the theater with a revival of Howard Hughes 1943 production of The Outlaw. The show was a sell-out and the Strand soon became known as a venue for revival cinema, hosting occasional guest appearances by such celebrities as Lana Turner, Sophia Loren and Mae West. The theater was also known for its midnight showings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Federal Building: Background The San Francisco Federal Building is a building designed by the architectural firm Morphosis. It is located at 90 7th Street on the corner of Mission and 7th Streets in South of Market, San Francisco, as a replacement for the previous building at 450 Golden Gate Avenue. Thom Mayne of Morphosis designed the building using a concept of "resistance," juxtaposing gray concrete walls with custom, zig-zagged 9Wood wood ceilings. The building was expected to be completed in 2005, but construction issues and delays pushed the project completion to 2007. The building has 18 floors of office space and stands 234 feet (71 m) tall. The building was designed to be a 'green' building consuming less than half the power of a standard office tower -- an indication of how building design can help slash emissions of greenhouse gases. It is the first naturally ventilated office building on the west coast since the advent of air conditioning. The building features elevators which stop on every third floor to promote employee interaction and health. Users of the building exit the elevators and walk either up or down one floor via stairs. There are, however, also elevators which stop on every floor for users unable or unwilling to negotiate stairs