Sidewalk Cinema
910 E. Main Street,
Richmond,
IN
47374
910 E. Main Street,
Richmond,
IN
47374
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Previously operated by: Kerasotes Theatres
Functions: Retail
Previous Names: Tivoli Theatre
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The Tivoli Theatre was opened December 30, 1926 with Dorothy Mackaill in “Just Another Blond”. Organist Ted Bock opened the mighty Wurlitzer organ. On March 21, 1975 it was renamed Sidewalk Cinema. In 1987 it was twinned and operated into the 1990’s.
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This may be the photo posted in October 2005:
http://tinyurl.com/cmjdx4
The Tivoli was actually open well into the 90s. Sometime in the mid 70s, the front lobby was converted into a jewelry store and the theater entrance was moved to the side of the building. It was also renamed to the Sidewalk Cinema. In the late 80s or early 90s it was made a $1 theater. Also at some point in the late 80s or early 90s, it was converted to two screens – they simply built all wall down the center of the auditorium.
This web page from a walking tour of downtown Richmond says that the Tivoli Theatre was built in 1926.
A business chronology published in the April 26, 2009, issue of the Richmond Palladium-Item (PDF here) has an ad for the Thor Construction Company, established 1987, and it says that the company remodeled the Sidewalk Cinema that year to add a second screen.
This web page from the Indiana Economic Digest has an excerpt from a Palladium-Item article about the Tivoli’s Wurlitzer organ (there’s a link to the original newspaper article but it now fetches only an error page.)
December 30th, 1926 grand opening ad in the photo section.
1926 was a busy year for opening new theatres in Richmond, The Hudson on November 10th, The Ritz on the 25th and the Tivoli on December 30th.
All gone in 2017
March 21st, 1975 grand opening ad in the photo section as Sidewalk Cinema.
“all gone in 2017” – only being a theater. The building is still there.
Uploaded a photo with the Tivoli vertical among many on Main Street.
Once operated by Kerasotes.