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  • <p>1940</p>
  • <p>Spotlighted in trade journal ad (1927</p>
  • <p>Post card view looking west on Madison Street in Chicago circa 1929, showing Marbro Theatre.</p>
  • <p>[Paradise Theater..Chicago IL..Billy Holcomb Vanishing Movie Theaters]http://www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/6932296242/in/photostream</p>
  • <p>One opening day visitor to the Paradise noted in 1928 that if you hadn’t gotten to see a movie, the Paradise Theatre experience itself might have been worth it. Between the columns in the foyer – yes, the foyer – are murals, statutes, sculpture and intriguing light fixtures. The $5,000,000 theatre left an impression.</p>
  • <p>Exterior of the Paradise Theatre, Chicago, taken in 1941.</p>
  • <p>Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL in 1926</p>
  • <p>Advertised on September 29th, 1932</p>
  • <p>Sad reminder of declining movie attendance</p>
  • <p>On Thursday April 11, 2019, the Chicago Architecture Center hosted a panel featuring those working on the long-awaited restoration of the 4816 N. Broadway music hall. Co-owner Jerry Mickelson addresses the attendees.</p>
  • <p>Opening week August 1925, photo credit Chicago Tribune.</p>
  • <p>1939 photo credit Dick Whittington. Via James J. Chun.</p>
  • <p>1948 photo courtesy of Bill Gabel.</p>
  • <p>Marquee detail.<br>Summer 2008.</p>
  • <p>November 2002</p>
  • <p>Sign that stands on top of the building.</p>