Tibbits - So much more than a Theatre

FACADE DEMOLITION

3/3/2011

Photos of demolition on 3/3/2011

The top one third of the brick has been removed including part of the center window. A close up of the original window frames in the center window.

 

J.Cole also signed the back of the window covering. Larry Carrico signed the back of the wood covering the center window on 10/21/69 .

3/7/2011

More demolition on 3/7/2011

  

Close up, you can see where the floor for the light booth cuts right through the window. . Looking in the bottom half of the window, the base of the pillar and the original area under the balcony.

Part of the metal work remains. The original brick is uncovered between the two windows.

The north window uncovered. The pillar is damaged but still there.

3/09/2011

Cool Demolition photos taken 3/09/2011

 

 

This window was hidden behind the wall in the usher room just above the box office, original window with the original hinges (very cool) and even the bug screen! More of the diamond pattern at the end of one of the window arches.

One of the original pillars on the south side. Can you see the diamond pattern in the brick above the pillar? More detail from the south window.

 

And the pillar from the window on the south side with more detail we didn't expect to find. The brick has been removed down to just above the main door

 

Both transoms above the doors on the south side, taken from the usher room This view under the light booth shows the original promenade in front of the windows. The curved area on the floor is where the original wall would have run at the back of the balcony.

The box office is down to just the infill .