Jackson Park Theatre
6711 S. Stony Island Blvd.,
Chicago,
IL
6711 S. Stony Island Blvd.,
Chicago,
IL
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The Jackson Park was a nearly-1500 seat theater in the neighborhood of the same name (in fact, it stood just across from the large park for which both the neighborhood and theater are named for, on Stony Island Boulevard, at 67th Street.) The theater opened in 1916.
By around 1960, it had closed, and was torn down long ago.
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A senior citizen’s complex stands on the site today
On Sunday,May 10, 1959, the Jackson Park theatre was showing “TEENAGE THUNDER” plus “CARNIVAL ROCK” according to the Chicago Sun Times. On Sunday, Jan.17, 1960, the Jackson Park had a triple feature: “BEATNIK”, “WASP WOMAN”,“BEAST FROM HAUNTED CAVE”.(from the Chicago Tribune).
This was the theatre I walked to when I was a kid in the 1940’s and into the 1950’s. Remember seeing “Yellow Rose of Texas” there. On Saturday mornings I watched dance lessons in a dance studio that was located upstairs in the same building. Couldn’t afford the lessons, but was allowed to sit and watch. Then I would go home to practice on my own. Being strongly influenced by all the wonderful MGM movie musicals of that time, really believed that was to be my destiny. Lovely old theatre and great popcorn………..