Palace Theater
5242 W. 25th Street,
Cicero,
IL
60804
5242 W. 25th Street,
Cicero,
IL
60804
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The Palace Theater opened in the 1920’s. It featured an ornate terra-cotta facade with a large arched window over the main entrance. It was built in Italian Renaissance style.
The Palace Theatre was closed as a movie house in 1951, and was converted to a bowling alley sometime afterward. It still operated in this capacity until 2005, when the building was sold and demolished.
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Bryan Krefft
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Bryan could the address for the Palace Theatre be wrong, I show it at 5242 which would actually put it on 25th Street, the address listed above puts it on 25th Pl.
I don’t remember the movie theatre but I do believe the facade of the subsequent “Palace Bowl” was in the movie “Uncle Buck”. I recognized it immediately!! I used to live in the neighborhood around there. Check it out next time you watch the movie.
The Palace Bowl has been sold to the town of Cicero and will demolished and rebuilt as a town health clinic.
Buddkeith
A Barton theater organ size 3/10 was installed in the Palace Theater in 1926.
Sorry ‘bout this, but I’ve a strong feeling the 'status’ of the PALACE is now squarely under the heading of DEMOLISHED.
Someone (besides me that is) needs to travel by and conduct and official post mortem.
The caption for this interior photo states that the Palace is now a parking lot:
http://tinyurl.com/2o4r4m
There is a photo of the Palace Bowl on this page:
http://tinyurl.com/5o86bm
Two 1986 photos here:
http://tinyurl.com/d6bvbd
http://tinyurl.com/cqqwg5
Searching for photos of when it was a movie theatre. I will keep in touch when I find some.
Searching for photos of when it was a movie theatre. I will keep in touch when I find some. My parents, grandparents and myself all grew up in this area. Thanks