Roosevelt Theater
110 N. State Street,
Chicago,
IL
60602
110 N. State Street,
Chicago,
IL
60602
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The architects of the Roosevelt Theatre were C. Howard Crane and Kenneth Franzheim
I had a lot of great times downtown at these long gone theatres.
What a great marquee and even that late in the game all the lights lit and it looks well kept. The exterior looks like a poor mans version of The Rivoli.
The Roosevelt began to cater to the African American audience in the early 1970’s and, unfortunately, a stigma became attached to the theater. “Shaft” opened in 1971 and played a staggering 24 weeks, a feat not repeated in the rest of its lifetime. Still the Roosevelt drew crowds up to the very end. In the year that it closed (1978) they had a very successful run of “Richard Pryor Live in Concert”.
THAT’S DEVELOPER
Was on State Street across from Marshal Fields flagship store. Was torn down a number of years ago along with the United Artists Theater, around the corner, at the corner of Randolph & Dearborn. In fact everything within the block bordered by State, Randolph, Dearborn & Washington was torn down including a very historic building at the Corner of Dearborn & Washington, with the exception of one small electric company building. The whole block is now used in the summer for art types of things and as an ice skating rink in winter. But after all these years it is still waiting for a developer.