Click photo to enlarge (photo courtesy Jeff Boyd) The Century
theaters with their âÄòmodernâÄô domes on Winchester Boulevard
are the focus of a âÄòSave the DomeâÄô movement by local
preservationists who fear it will be demolished to make way for
more development like that across the street at Santana Row.
The Preservation Action Council and some outside groups are
working on a plan to allow the three domed Century theaters on
Winchester Boulevard and the Flames Restaurant, also on
Winchester Boulevard, to be recognized as landmarks. Owners want
to lease the land for development.  PAC has raised more than
half of the money needed for research, about $2,000, and
permitting costs, about $3,000, to apply for the buildings to be
registered as landmarks. Some of the money came from people in
Pleasant Hill who started a Save the Dome campaign for a similar
theater that was eventually torn down. Other funds came from
individual donors. PAC has not yet begun direct fundraising.
These buildings have a unique 1950s ar