This theatre, known for its front arched window, opened in 1913 as the Alameda Theater (not to be confused with the current Alameda Theatre on Central Avenue, which was built nearly two decades later). It became the Rialto Theatre in 1921, then closed in 1923. But the story does not quite end there…

Heavily renovated and converted into a bowling alley, it operated in that capacity until the mid-1970’s, when Alameda Federal Bank transformed the building yet again, reopening the front arch (which had been covered over for years) and restoring it. The Rialto Theatre building continues on as a bank today.

Contributed by Garrett Murphy