Comments on: Historic Tivoli Theatre NW http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/03/05/historic-tivoli-theatre-nw/ New Buildings, Construction, Destruction, Planning, Real Estate, and Gossip as it happens in the Nation's Capital Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:05:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Kathie P. Byrd http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/03/05/historic-tivoli-theatre-nw/#comment-10016 Kathie P. Byrd Tue, 13 Jul 2010 03:39:10 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/03/05/historic-tivoli-theatre-nw/#comment-10016 In the late 50s, my mother and aunt took me to the Tivoli to see the movie the Bible. It was the most beautiful place that I had ever been as a child. So when I was old enouth to go to the movies by myself, I loved to go to the Tivoli. When the riots about Martin Luther King assination, 14th Street was killed and laid dead for 50 years or more. I felt like the so called black neighborhoods was left to rot for the punishment for rioting. I had no where to go that was beautiful throughout my teens and adult social life, in DC. DC is becoming beautiful again. I am now 56 years old and such a short period of time to enjoy the new DC. I wish I could sue someone for mental cruelty for the lack of entertainment through those years. I did not riot!! But I was punished just as those who do riot. It's 2010 now everything is so expensive I can't tell my grandchildren that I went to the Tivoli 1973 and It cost 2.50 to get in. In those days DC was called chocolate city. Just like chocolate it melted and evaporated. I think that DC government should give residents that been in DC the last 50 years discounts to enjoy some entertainment in DC. Most entertainment was outside of DC e.i. Maryland Virginia etc. In the late 50s, my mother and aunt took me to the Tivoli to see the movie the Bible. It was the most beautiful place that I had ever been as a child. So when I was old enouth to go to the movies by myself, I loved to go to the Tivoli. When the riots about Martin Luther King assination, 14th Street was killed and laid dead for 50 years or more. I felt like the so called black neighborhoods was left to rot for the punishment for rioting. I had no where to go that was beautiful throughout my teens and adult social life, in DC. DC is becoming beautiful again. I am now 56 years old and such a short period of time to enjoy the new DC. I wish I could sue someone for mental cruelty for the lack of entertainment through those years. I did not riot!! But I was punished just as those who do riot. It’s 2010 now everything is so expensive I can’t tell my grandchildren that I went to the Tivoli 1973 and It cost 2.50 to get in. In those days DC was called chocolate city. Just like chocolate it melted and evaporated. I think that DC government should give residents that been in DC the last 50 years discounts to enjoy some entertainment in DC. Most entertainment was outside of DC e.i. Maryland Virginia etc.

]]> By: DC Metrocentric » Great Shots: Window Frame http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/03/05/historic-tivoli-theatre-nw/#comment-9214 DC Metrocentric » Great Shots: Window Frame Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:35:06 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/03/05/historic-tivoli-theatre-nw/#comment-9214 [...] there is definitely no way you could have missed all the construction activity going on outside the Tivoli theater along 14th Street. This great shot captures the action from a little different of an angle than we [...] […] there is definitely no way you could have missed all the construction activity going on outside the Tivoli theater along 14th Street. This great shot captures the action from a little different of an angle than we […]

]]> By: CTK http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/03/05/historic-tivoli-theatre-nw/#comment-961 CTK Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:24:31 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/03/05/historic-tivoli-theatre-nw/#comment-961 I've never been to the Tivoli in DC, but I grew a few blocks from <a href="http://www.classiccinemas.com/history/tivoli.asp" rel="nofollow">another Tivoli Theater</a> built in the 1920s, a grand old movie house in the Chicago suburbs. $1.50 for second-run showings in the 1980s. I’ve never been to the Tivoli in DC, but I grew a few blocks from another Tivoli Theater built in the 1920s, a grand old movie house in the Chicago suburbs.

$1.50 for second-run showings in the 1980s.

]]> By: poo poo http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/03/05/historic-tivoli-theatre-nw/#comment-953 poo poo Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:24:55 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/03/05/historic-tivoli-theatre-nw/#comment-953 why is it called 'tivoli'? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoli%2C_Italy why is it called ‘tivoli’?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoli%2C_Italy

]]> By: poo poo http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/03/05/historic-tivoli-theatre-nw/#comment-952 poo poo Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:21:03 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/03/05/historic-tivoli-theatre-nw/#comment-952 i remember getting lost around there in '95. rolled up my windows, turned down my music and headed as far away as possible. it was pretty.... "gritty" back then i remember getting lost around there in ‘95.

rolled up my windows, turned down my music and headed as far away as possible.

it was pretty…. “gritty” back then

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