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Views of the Tivoli Theater Auditorium
Upper photograph, 1924.
Lower photograph, January, 2000.
An immense, central dome holding a magnificent chandelier dominated the Tivoli's 2,500-seat auditorium. THe $1,000,000 theater had the largest seating capacity in Washington when it was built, surely fulfilling movie impresario Harry Crandall's dream to own the most luxurious theater in the nation's capital. A photograph taken from a similar perspective in January 2000 offer a bleak contrast to the theater that was once called "The Temple of the Arts." Following the Tivoli's closing in 1976, the seats were removed and the large circular curtained baffle was lowered to the floor. |