Esquire Theatre
58 East Oak Street,
Chicago,
IL
60611
58 East Oak Street,
Chicago,
IL
60611
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Originally the 1938 movie house had a single auditorium with over 1,400 seats, but the Esquire Theatre underwent a conversion to a six-plex in 1988.
Most recently operated by the AMC Entertainment chain after many years under the Loews Cineplex chain, the Esquire Theatre was closed in September 2006.
In 2011, the Esquire Theatre was gutted and its marquee removed, and will become retail space. The vertical sign and part of its facade will be retained.
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Ross Melnick
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http://chicago.curbed.com/archives/2011/08/25/construction-of-esquire-retail-complex-underway.php
A view of the interior of the gutted Esquire Theater can be seen here.
The letters spelling out ESQUIRE from the marquee are currently for sale at Urban Remains Chicago.
A 1974 view of Oak Street and part of the Esquire can be seen here. The theater was part of the Walter Reade chain at that time.
A similar view as in my previous comment but from the late 50s can be seen here.
http://calumet412.tumblr.com/post/22916050294/two-interior-photos-of-the-esquire-theater-on-oak
Broan, your above link is not accessable.
When CT changed their website format, they changed the manner in which links need to be embedded into comments.
Unfortunately I do not know what that requires. Therefore I only attach photos in the Photo Section.
Just copy and paste the address, David. I don’t always have time to mess with the HTML link formatting, but the URL address works and that’s what matters.
Here’s what I usually do with links; I BLUE copy it; then go to my e-mail; click “COMPOSE”; paste link onto page where I would normally type e-mail; send it to myself….and then click link and WALLLLA….there’s the link with photos of video clip….
Click here to see Broan’s pictures.