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Originally Posted by Mojeda101
Makes me sick to my stomach seeing a once popular moving cinema into a ghetto clothes store.
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Ah, the Rialto (O.P. Dennis, 1917), with the longest marquee on Broadway.
Other than the marquee it was pretty unassuming after its 1919 remodel.
Original facade ("The Garden of Allah" (1916) was the opening show):
Moving Picture World
The Rialto is another, like the Arcade, Cameo and Roxie theaters, whose back is open to Spring St
(another great site for a public park):
Bill Counter
The Rialto was opened by JA Quinn, who also owned Quinn's Superba (now rebuilt as the Roxie) and the Garrick (replaced by the Tower). Quinn later sold the Rialto to Sid Grauman.
Betty Sword
Closed as a theater in 1988. The interior has been gutted.
Then (1923) "The Most Beautiful Little Theater in the World":
LAPL
Now (2009):
Davendea - Flickr