Thalia Hall
1807 S. Allport Street,
Chicago,
IL
60608
1807 S. Allport Street,
Chicago,
IL
60608
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One of the centerpieces of the 18th Street commercial corridor of Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, the Thalia Hall opened in 1892. It was built just before the Columbian Exposition, and designed in graceful Romanesque Revival style, including a heavily ornamented terra-cotta facade, with storefronts along the ground floor at Allport and 18th Streets, as well as apartments on the upper floors. The building was designed by Frederick E. Faber and William Pagels.
Originally a meeting hall for the mostly-Bohemian original populace of the Pilsen neighborhood (named for a large Czech city), the Thalia later became a venue for live entertainment, then, finally, a movie house.
Though the theater has been closed for decades, the Thalia Hall remains relatively intact, and would make a wonderful community center or performing arts venue for the newly-resurgent Pilsen neighborhood, which is the heart of Chicago’s Latino community.
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The correct address for the theatre is 1807 S Allport; the listed address refers to the storefronts and building. Since the above links are no longer active, here are some additional ones.
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http://www.beautiarch.com/thalia.htm
http://www.ikonosdesign.com/Page.html
http://www.moderealty.com/thaliahall/
http://www.timarroyo.com/gallery/misc/hall.html
http://www.timarroyo.com/gallery/misc/theater.html
I had forgotten about this place! The realty link above says the building has been gutted. I wonder exactly what that means.
Recent photos of this theatre are HERE
Ristorante al Teatro is opening sometime this month in the Thalia building. I believe that the restaurant is located in the former storefronts of the building along 18th Street, not in the auditorium space. I wonder if the hall is going to be restored as well. There are also apartments in the former office spaces for the Bohemian groups that built the structure on the upper levels of Thalia Hall.
The restaurant is open.
Hello! Stay updated on Thalia Hall news here on this page at cinametreasures.org and follow Thalia Hall on twitter at twitter.com/ThaliaHall.
We will be posting news on potential opening dates, historical facts, and details about the lawsuit controversy surrounding Pilsen’s most coveted building.
More to come!
Also, a great article about Thalia Hall (too long to paste here) was on the front page of the Chicago Reader not too long ago. Here it is: http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/a-landmark-love-affair/Content?oid=999870 *or * http://bit.ly/cZaiqE
http://www.flickr.com/photos/58700769@N08
AWESOME PHOTOS!
Join Pilsen’s very own Dominick Geraci, in a fundraiser for himself on January 28, 2012.
Geraci will use the charitable donations to fix the theater.
Really!
THIS TIME HE MEANS IT.
(Not like last time where Thalia Hall renovation money allegedly went to fix some other building, allegedly landing Geraci in some legal hot water). http://bit.ly/nLQHNK
Donate2Dominick today! twitter.com/ThaliaHall
Neighborhood gives props: bit.ly/xsNvl9
RedEye Gives Geraci’s Ristorante al Teatro a Shout-out bit.ly/sXAml0
Thalia Hall for Special Events: fb.me/1pH9rvkFk
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