Knickerbocker Theatre Archives

The Tragic Story of the Knickerbocker Storm: A DC Blizzard that Led to 98 Deaths in 1922

November 9, 2022March 16, 2015 by ghostsofdc

Exterior of the Knickerbocker on opening day, 1917

The Knickerbocker Storm of 1922 was a historic DC blizzard that led to the tragic deaths of 98 people in the historic Knickerbocker Theater. Learn the story of the storm, its aftermath, and its legacy today.

The Knickerbocker Theater Disaster: Inside Insights on DC’s Deadliest Disaster

December 20, 2021February 6, 2014 by ghostsofdc

Many of you will be familiar with these images from the Knickerbocker Theater disaster. We haven’t yet written about it, but there’s an excellent write-up on it at here and at Greater Greater Washington.

If Walls Could Talk: Tivoli Theater Was “The Temple of the Arts”

November 22, 2021April 16, 2012 by ghostsofdc

Tivoli Theater (photo by Flickr user dbking)

You can’t walk past the Tivoli Theater in Columbia Heights and not admire it, imagining what the surrounding streets were like in the late 1920s. The arrival of Harry Crandall’s new theater was a big deal for the area and let’s not forget that just a couple of years earlier, his Knickerbocker Theatre was the … Read more