Meadowview Theater
55 Meadowview Center,
Kankakee,
IL
60901
55 Meadowview Center,
Kankakee,
IL
60901
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Since opening on July 14, 1967, the Meadowview Theater has always been a clean, lovely and wholesome cinema to enjoy with the entire family, as will many future generations to come.
Originally a single screen theatre seating 840, it has an interior designed by Chicago interior designer Hans Teichert. It is tasteful, yet attractively decorated; immaculate, yet innocently provocative; conservative, yet esthetically rich. The warmth one feels in this jewel of an All-American, hometown theater is heart-felt and nothing short of memorable.
It has proudly stood the test of time and gracefully remains as charming today as the day it opened.
In 1975 a second auditorium was built next to the original one, and then in the 1980’s the original auditorium was split into two screens. It features first run movies with its sister theatre, the 5-screen Paramount Theatre located about a mile away.
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Meredith Rhule
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I applaud Willis, Shirley and Chris Johnson, owners of the Classic Cinema theater chain. This family thrives on rebuilding, redefining and rejuvenating old downtown movie theaters and breathes new life into them while allowing the precious personality of each cinema to shine through as it originally had been intended.
By restoring, preserving and protecting the gleam and glitter of our proud movie palaces, the Johnsons have fashioned a means of expression by which to reinforce hope in the significant strengths within our souls and commemorate character throughout our communities.
It is in the seclusion of a beautiful movie palace, much like the solitude of a public library or the sanctity of a religious institution, that one can be awakened, conditioned, motivated, nurtured and united.
The Johnsons should serve as an inspiration to us all. We can only trust by their gracious examples that others shall learn to bequeath respect to the inner beauty of their own, hometown, cinema treasures.
Imagine, if every community had a Willis, Shirley and Chris Johnson.
Please visit their website below and view their palaces.
http://www.classiccinemas.com
Meredith, you are a sentimental sap, but then again so am I!
so true… so true… Saps knows me! He actually knows me!