Tuesday, August 08, 2017

PHOTO - CHICAGO - PICCADILLY THEATER - 1443 E HYDE PARK BLVD AT BLACKSTONE - HYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD - AUDITORIUM INTERIOR - ONE OF CHICAGO'S GRAND NEIGHBORHOOD MOVIE PALACES - 3500 SEATS - NOTE HOW IT IS SET UP FOR CONCERT WITH BIG INSTRUMENTS IN BALCONIES - THIS ARCHITECTURAL IMAGE LIKELY MADE NEAR OPENING IN 1927


PHOTO - CHICAGO - RANDOLPH STREET - LOOKING W - HOLLOWAY HOUSE CAFETERIA - UNITED ARTISTS THEATER - DUTCH MILL CANDY - PARTIAL VIEW OF NEW RUSTY-STEEL CIVIC (LATER: DALEY) CENTER - WOODS THEATER - SHERMAN HOUSE - PALACE THEATER IN DISTANCE -RIGHT EDGE IS ORIENTAL THEATER - 1966 - EDITED FROM AN YVONNE THOMPSON IMAGE


PHOTO - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - LOOKING S FROM RANDOLPH - ROOSEVELT THEATER - FLAGS - LOOKS LIKE A SUNDAY - 1966 - EDITED FROM AN YVONNE THOMPSON IMAGE


PHOTO - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - LOOKING N FROM RANDOLPH - STATE LAKE THEATER - CHICAGO THEATER - LOOP THEATER - FLAGS - ELEVATED STATION - MARINA CITY - LOOKS LIKE A SUNDAY - 1966 - EDITED FROM AN YVONNE THOMPSON IMAGE


PHOTO - CHICAGO - STATE LAKE THEATER - 190 N STATE - NOTE SIGN STILL SPELLED "THEATRE" - DURING SHORT-LIVED MALL PERIOD WITH SUBURBAN-INDUCED DECLINE OF DOWNTOWN SHOPPING - c1979-83