Riviera Theatre - Table of Contents

Miscellany - Riviera Theatre
57 Webster Street, North Tonawanda, NY

See a John M. Gilbert video on carbon arc projectors on You Tube


BASEMENT


Basement: tunnel
The tunnel, about 6 feet wide and 4- to 7-feet high allows air to circulate correctly throughout the auditorium above.



Basement: organ implement


Basement: dressing room
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MEZZANINE











Mezzanine: Art Deco radio                 Detail below:





1912 royal commissioned Steinway piano


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PROJECTION ROOM


Projection room: Peerless Magnarc carbon arc lamps


Projection room: Peerless Magnarc carbon arc lamps
See a John M. Gilbert video on carbon arc projectors on You Tube



Projection room: Peerless Magnarc  carbon arc lamps


Projection room: Peerless Magnarc  carbon arc lamp


Projection room: Peerless Magnarc carbon arc lamps - carbon rods



Used carbon arc rods


Used carbon arc rods









16 mm projector
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ATTIC


Truss in attic


Attic: Vincent Bart stands next to the top of the dome over the main chandelier in the auditorium


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Photos and their arrangement © 2008 Chuck LaChiusa
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