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The Strand, the 1125 Market Street building that police shut down in a dramatic raid 10 years ago, will become a key second venue for the well-established ACT, a place to teach and work with emerging artists and actors on a smaller scale than occurs at the group’s main theater on Geary. ACT will restore the historic detailing of building’s facade and some of the molding and trim inside the theater. But most of the original interior detail is long gone. A new building will essentially be dropped into the shell of the original Strand, according to project architect Michael Duncan of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.