Capri Theatre

rivest266 on July 10, 2021 at 5:32 pm

reopened as Riviera on July 1st, 1929.

Riviera theatre opening 30 Jun 1929, Sun The Tacoma Daily Ledger (Tacoma, Washington) Newspapers.com

Capeguy508 on October 12, 2018 at 4:09 pm

I watched this theatre as it was demolished during the summer of 1969. I worked at Harta Studios which was acress the street at 907 Pacifuc Avenue.

Joe Vogel on March 30, 2012 at 10:16 am

The Tacoma-Pierce County Buildings Index says that the Riviera Theatre was built on the site of the former Liberty Theatre. It was new construction, as the Liberty building had been erected as a commercial structure in 1884 and was obsolete. The Riviera was opened on July 7, 1929 in a building designed by architect Silas E. Nelsen.

This house was next door to the building which had housed the first Tacoma Pantages Theatre, which later became the Victory, but was closed by late 1924, five years before the Riviera replaced the Liberty.

This photo of the Capri Theatre from the Tacoma Public Library is dated c.1966. Another photo, dated c.1963 shows the house with the Riviera name still on its marquee. The Index says the name was changed in 1964, and the building was demolished as part of an urban renewal project in 1969.

This photo depicts the entrance to the Liberty Theatre in either 1926 or 1927 (the years of the two bouts between Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney), so not too long before the house was demolished to make way for the Riviera.

kateymac01 on May 2, 2005 at 11:07 pm

I just found a record through the Tacoma Public Library that says the Liberty Theater was at 906-08 Pacific Ave. in 1918 and in the 1920s.