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anybody else from Petaluma?

posted 9 years ago by Whereishoward
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Only so many people have the privelidge of getting a kick out of classic downtown Petaluma in the early 1970's and noticing that much of the back ground is very much the same as it was over 40 years ago! I think it played at the plaza or phoenix theater in town and when it first came out in '73 maybe at washington square theaters(now closed) if it was open that year. Does anybody know?

[–] ryderdvs 9 years ago

I visited Petaluma with some friends about six years ago. We "cruised" the town and saw all the filming locations. A few years ago I drove my brother to the Coast Guard base there for some training. I believe that the store where Toad tries to buy some Old Harper is on the way to the base.