Tivoli Theatre

The Tivoli Theatre seated 1328 people.

Tivoli was actually owned and operated by United Theaters, Inc. a local theater group with offices at the old Escorial Theater on Banks St. Also within this group was the Tudor/Globe, Prytania(although leased), Carrollton, Beacon, Clabon, Napoleon, Rivoli, NOLA are a few. At onetime Untied had some 27 neighborhood theaters thoughout the metro New Orleans area.

By the way I have all of the cancell stock certificates from United when it close in 1970, corporate seals etc.

Hope this is on high ground. Any updates would be appreciated by those familiar with the area (and obviously not currently dealing with the tragedy).

An undated view of the exterior. The fire escape looks like it might have collapsed under the weight of a mass exodus from the balcony:
www.i8.photobucket.com/albums/a18/Warrengwhiz/tivneworleans.jpg

The Tivoli sits in one of the lowest parts of New Orleans. During the flood that followed the hurricane it stood in about 8 feet of water. The building partially lost it roof during the storm. The interior, which was completely renovated in 1970 for the use as a funeral home, was completed destroyed by the flooding and rain. The only remains of the original theatre was some of the second floor balcony areas, which were not used by the public.
The Funeral Home is planning renovations within the shell of the building. The front exterior is to be preserved except the front porch wall, which was built in 1970, to replace the demolished front porch wall.
If anyone has any pictures or drawings of the theatre prior to 1970 please contact me.

I am a student doing historical research of the area now known as Hoffman Triangle (and the areas surrounding) where the theatre is located. Some of you seem to know quite a bit about the area's history. I would like to find out more, if you would like to share it. Please contact me at lynchje2@gmail.com if you have something to add no matter how insignificant you might think it is. Thanks!

The architect for the Tivoli Theatre was Emile Weil who
was also the architect for the Saenger Theatre, New Orleans.
The Tivoli( Rhodes Funeral Home ) as of June 2008 is still unrestored from hurricane Katrina

The renovation is ongoing, per the photo on Google maps. It looks the interior has been gutted.

You can see the interior from Google maps? I didn't know that this building was being renovated.

There's a very large open space in the front, and it appears that whatever was inside has been removed. Quite an interesting looking building.

Renovation info:
http://tinyurl.com/68naxe

Obviously you can see work being done in the photos at that link. I didn't see any interior work being done in the Google photo.

This is a circa 1927 photo of the Tivoli.