The Washington times., 1923-11-17
NEW THEATER IS
BOOSTING
REALTY
crandaII's TivoIi, Nearing
Completion. Said to Favor
ably Affect Business.
Rx NELSON B. BELL.

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: The business impetus prppnesieo
7 for upper Fourteenth street as
result of the erection OF Cranoaifs
new Tfyoli Theater at Fourteenth
street and Park road northwest, IS
already manifesting itself IN con-
tiguous building and real estate
activity. AS the Tivoli takes dell
mite form It is easy to foresee what
q decided effect its operation Wlli
have upon surrounding values.
crandaIps Tivoli win be by TAR
Che largest theater in Washington
y Nth a total seating capacity or
3 I00 The huge proportions OF the
nevv .Structure are now easily dis
/. 1ey-niI5le as the stel framing has
ione- since been completed and the
, inside masonry has progressed TO a
n,int where the laying or the
limestone outer walls may be begun.
II win be but very short time
until the theater and the French
shous on the Fourteenth street
front win be entirely under rooI.
Ten Shops.
There are ten two-story shops
with double display windows on
the Fourteenth street side Of the
Z Monumental edifice. which accord
ing to present plans. win be ready
for occupancy by February 10.
The frontage OF 220 feet on
Fourteenth street gives ample space
for these shops without in any
nav curtailing necessary lobby
] snace and exits for the theater
Auditorium proper. The lobby OF
the theater win run the full 10S
foot length of the Park road side
Of the building.
= Unlike the other Crandall houses
IN the Capital, the TivoH VIII be
/. equipped with a full-siZe stage.
flyloft and gridiron capable or
housing any form of dramatic,
4 operation or concert attraction in
/. addition to pictures The present
+ advanced stage OF construction per-
mits a full view Of the height and
depth of the stage structure which
towers for above the roof line or
2 the auditorium. A distinctive fea-
ture of the Tivoli's construction is
found in the complete dissertation
HI0Gl
ssteel structure is reared from con.
crete footings is bedded deep IN the
ground and is entirely distinct from
the brick and stone work. = The walls
sare purely curtain walls and could
be knocked away without disturbing
sefther the gypsum roof slab or the
balcony.
( A Bright Spot.
4 s-xs1l
convert what. for years has been
! u dead" corner into the brightest
spot in Mount Pleasant orsColumbia
Heights. As has been previously
spointed out, this win have the
immediate effect Of moving the
center OF Fourteenth street busi-
ness activity from the corner OF
Columbia road north to Park road.
The stimulus thus afforded bust
ness activities at the new center
by the assemblage of large audiences
that become potential patrons for
all nearby merchants at the con-
cIusion Of each performance will
: have an automatic and immediate
: effect upon real estate and rental
values for radius Of several
: squares in all directions.
That this condition Is already
: foreseen by astute investors is in
dicated by the sudden activity In
the immediate vicinity of the
-Tivoh since the theater has
taken shape and by the very size
1of its contour has convinced OBJ
servers that here IL an improve
-ment such as no other residential Sec
: tton Of the city ever has had.
The fact that CrandalIs new Am.
: basador Theater opened on sched-
ule time, and the further fact that
the Tivolf is being built by the
same architect and engineer
Thomas w. Lamb, Of New York
under the construction management
of Sol Rosenberger, hold forth every
-augury that the Tivoli will bt
thrown open to the public on OF
before February 15. as at present
planned.