Regal Theater
1645 E. 79th Street,
Chicago,
IL
60649
1645 E. 79th Street,
Chicago,
IL
60649
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From the Sun-Times:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/12025951-418/ex-cop-charged-with-money-laundering-linked-to-regal-theater-rehab.html
I have looked into the theatre, it is beautiful! However there are about a half a dozen major reasons that hold me back. The interior of this theatre is amazing, and it is a work of art.
FDIC.
THE BANK OWNS THE THEATRE
The FDIC owns the theater.
From the front page of today’s Chicago Tribune.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-police-chief-lawsuit-20110905,0,4481922,full.story
The FDIC (which took over the bank which held the mortgage on the Regal/Avalon) may have acquired the theater in a foreclosure sale earlier this summer. If anyone knows for sure, please post!
Here is a 1955 photo
Recently named to the list of the most endangered historical sites in Illinois: View link.
They are in bankruptcy again.
Lived in Chatham in the early 1950’s and remember taking the 79th St bus to the Avalon theater. Many great memories.
View link
On The Watch List
http://www.landmarks.org/chicago_watch_2004_6.htm
View link – Facing foreclosure
1973 Photo
1973 Close-up
1983 Photo
I guess my sarcasm wasn’t apparent.
That’s not at all surprising, Scott.
Ohhhhhhh! Scary, indeed!
It’s horrible that this sort of stuff still goes on, in a supposedly modernized and civilized society.
Thanks for the info Warren. I was wondering what the procedure was for knocking over a theatre in the good old days.
Unfortunately, that’s very true. Managers were sometimes followed back to their office. As the manager was unlocking the door, the robber would come up behind and enter with him. The robber would then take all the money available, including that in the safe if the office had one. The manager would be threatened with his life if he tried to call for help. He would then be knocked unconscious or tied up before the robber left.
So I guess the smart thing to do when you stick up a theatre is to rob the manager. I’m a little surprised that there would be a robbery on Chicago’s South side.
In 1938, $27 was equivalent to about $407 in 2008. Almost certainly, the $27 was only the cash on hand in the boxoffice at the moment, and should not be taken as indicative of that day’s attendance. It was common practice for a manager to come by every hour or so to collect any surplus above the cash needed to make change.
Ouch!! Oh, no, ken mc. What a horrible thing to be robbed. $27.00 isn’t exactly peanuts, especially in today’s economy.
Must have been a slow night.
From Boxoffice magazine, January 1938:
CHICAGO-Miss Florence Smith, cashier of the Warner Avalon Theater, was held up and robbed of $27 Saturday night.
Thanks! From that distance, it looked to me ike graffiti. I apologize!