Paradise Th Chicago
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Taken on: January 21, 2012
Uploaded on: January 21, 2012
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Exterior of Paradise Theatre in Chicago taken in May 1956, just prior to closing.
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Great photo. But somehow it doesn’t communicate the size of the place.
In this view it seems obvious that the marquee was shortened to make way for a wider street. I’m guessing the vertical was replaced because the new one was much cheaper to maintain.
A number of theories have been advanced as to why the marquee and vertical were replaced, but the most likely reason to me was cost. I’m not sure that Crawford/Pulaski was widened, but perhaps you’re correct. By the way, looking at the original photo, it gives you a better perspective on both the size and detail. The photo was taken for an article published in the Chicago Daily News about the impending closure and demolition of the theatre.
Thanks Paradise, Great photo! I remember very well the end. Even though the marquee was changed ,it was still very impressive with the orange neon and chasing whites. What a beautiful building! This photo shows alot of detail. Should have been saved, but we all went down this “street” before. Got any last of the Marbro?
Thanks Bobby. I don’t have any of the Marbro, but I have seen photos taken at the closing and during demolition. Incidentally, I used to post under the name “Scott” but it was changed to Paradise when CT did its redesign. I just haven’t bothered to change it back.
I knew it was you all along Scott….
Bobby, I seem to remember you had a photo of the Paradise you were thinking about posting.
Paradise, I do have a color night photo of the Paradise in its orange & white glory. How do I post it? And do I need a printer or scanner?
Bobby, this is what I did. I scanned the photo and saved it to my hard drive. Then I just uploaded the file to CT by clicking on the “Add a New Photo” button on the photos page. When there, click on the “Browse” button and you would point it to the file on your hard drive. That’s all there is to it. If you don’t have access to a scanner, you could go to a photo store or a Kinko’s and they could scan it for you. Where I live there’s a place that will put a picture on a CD for $4. There are probably other ways to do this, but that would require advise from someone smarter than me.
go to the library they usually have a scanner wired into a computer used for public internet use scan the photo/s and save to a pen drive