 The change in design was most likely due to constraints imposed by owner Harry M. Crandall, whose initial building cost estimate was $650,000.On Monday December 4, 1923 construction commenced on the Tivoli, which became the ninth in the chain of Washington theaters owned by Crandall.Although the final building was less ornate than the original conceptual drawings, it still cost over $1 million when it was completed in 1924.