Bricktown Square Cinema
6420 W. Fullerton Avenue,
Chicago,
IL
60707
6420 W. Fullerton Avenue,
Chicago,
IL
60707
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This six-plex was opened in 1989 near the now-demolished Brickyard Shopping Center by the Cineplex-Odeon chain. It was located in the Galewood neighborhood on Fullerton Avenue at Narragansett Avenue across from Riis Park.
This theater was originally equipped to show 70mm films. In the late 90s, the Meridian chain took over the Bricktown Square. The theater closed in 2000, and was later gutted with a fitness center taking over the space.
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Life’s Too Short:
In reading several histories of the Brickyard Mall, many in the neighborhood did not want it in the first place. Initially the mall did a renumerative business however as the years went on it began to be more of a hangout. As I said above, the mall lost its three anchors (Wards, Penneys, and Kmart) within a matter of months of one another.
The “Lifestyle Center” of big box stores that replaced the mall appears to be doing well. The “Lifestyle Centers” tend not to be hangouts because people go there to shop and then leave.
The Bricktown wasn’t really located in the Brickyard. It was located in a shopping center—a strip mall—located adajacent to the mall.
The Bricktown wasn’t exactly
Thanks for that.
If i recall their is now a Sportmart or some kind of sporting goods store on this spot.
I echo Paul’s sentiments. Amazing how quickly this theater deteriorated. I remember seeing Back to the Future 3 there as a kid when it was brand new. 7 or 8 short years later, I remember seeing Scream 2 there and worrying about getting beat up in the front.
I was just in the neighborhood the other week and to answer an earlier posting, looks like they left the front of the theater intact and they just gutted it from the inside. It is now a 24 hour extreme fitness center. Almost exactly what they did with the old Golf Mill theater-
And the Ridge Plaza, too. All three are XSport Fitness locations. Interesting.
Ridge Plaza? Did you mean The Commons of Chicago Ridge? The theatre as located in a shopping center across from the Chicago Ridge Mall. It was only 4 screens, but was kept up very well and a great place to see a movie. I miss the 80’s style cinemas. I work out at the XSport that has taken its place. The 6 screen theatre in the mall is still in operation.
Ridge Plaza was in Arlington Heights.
This theater turned into trash. I lived a short walk away, and have fond memories of the whole area, from the mall to Funcoland to Petland. But the gangs ruined it, just like they ruined the whole of Grant west into EP
Talk about a short lifespan! Besides the mall failing around, I gather this place had some serious managerial issues towards the end.
I do remember seeing a few movies there in 1991 and 1992 “Strictly Business”, “JFK”, “Mo' Money” and “A Few Good Men”. The theatre was nice and clean during that time years before it fell apart.