Tivoli Theatre - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Tivoli Theatre - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Tivoli Theatre, also known as the Tivoli and the "Jewel of the South",http://www.chattanooga.gov/general-services/tivoli-theatre/ Tivoli Theatre is a historic theatre in Chattanooga, Tennessee, that opened on March 19, 1921. Built between 1919 and 1921 at a cost of $750,000, designed by famed Chicago-based architectural firm Rapp and Rapp and well-known Chattanooga architect Reuben H. Hunt, and constructed by the John Parks Company (general contractors), the theatre was one of the first air-conditioned public buildings in the United States. The theatre was named Tivoli after Tivoli, Italy, has cream tiles and beige terra-cotta bricks, has a large red, black, and white marquee with 1,000 chaser lights, and has a large black neon sign that displays TIVOLI with still more chaser lights. Read more on Wikipedia
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