PROJECT PROFILE WJE www.wje.com Rialto Square Theatre Terra Cotta Facade Restoration | Joliet, IL CLIENT Will County Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority BACKGROUND The Rialto Square Theatre opened in 1926 and was originally designed and operated as a vaudeville movie palace. This four- story Neo-Baroque-style building is clad with terra cotta on the south and west facades. The north and east facades of the building are clad with common brick masonry. The structure of the building is reinforced concrete with mass brick masonry infill. The four-story portion of the building has plan dimensions of 174 feet in the east- west direction and 132 feet in

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