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1908 post card as Bijou Theatre added courtesy Walter Jung. It shows how drastic the exterior remodeling was compared to the photos of it as State Theatre.
Circa 1912 postcard added courtesy Walter Jung.
Circa 1909.
Circa 1940 postcard added courtesy Walter Jung.
1944 post card added courtesy John D. Ostrom.
3 post fire Winter 1968 photos added credit Paul Fogarty.
Circa 1910 postcard of interior added courtesy Walter Jung.
Ran across this link that says Ross Garver once ran the Dawn Theatre.He was the father-in-law of Scat Davis.
https://www.hillsdalehistoricalsociety.org/scat-davis?rq=theatre
Update: May 16-29, 1980.
Photo added by KFD in 2018 shows the Didsbury burned down in 1974.
Mid `40s Flickr photo. Howard theatre in the background.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mbernero/6812696443?fbclid=IwAR3nCKo5MF51cUotfG6cG8Qwc_m7cIcGpEjJkaumNtFvquII45lAfIxURNI
Doubled as Chicago’s Gate of Horn club for the film “Inside Llewyn Davis”.
https://gregoryhilldesign.photoshelter.com/image/I0000z.n.2cpcOxE
This doubled as Chicago’s Gate Of Horn club for the film “Inside Llewyn Davis”.
Over 12,000 have signed the below petition for Landmark Status.
https://www.change.org/p/west-chicago-savethecascade?recruiter=940638396&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial.pacific_post_sap_share_gmail_abi.gmail_abi&utm_term=psf_combo_share_initial.pacific_post_sap_share_gmail_abi.gmail_abi&recruited_by_id=3f72d220-4058-11e9-8d12-1ff52169ae5d&utm_content=mit-14366008-10%3Av1&fbclid=IwAR3YC-Z79BTOwtpfnreTi4LbIk4hpbwnm6UAZcYDYLBleE-pmFFAgY8mSrQ
Fenray and other local theatre’s history with ownership in below link.
http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ohmfahs/fl2007c.pdf
Confirmed as Demolished, site is park space today. 1940s photo added credit History of the Ohio Valley Facebook page.
Two circa 1960 photos added credit History of the Ohio Valley Facebook page.
The premiere of the locally filmed “Fool’s Parade”, at the Court Theatre on 6/17/71. Thomas Burns Collection Photo OCPL Archives
Still open circa 1955, photo added credit History of the Ohio Valley Facebook page.
Ran across this link with one interior photo as the Post Office and the WPA murals that were on the walls.
http://www.wpamurals.com/chiPOfoy.htm
The Cascade Drive-In lease has expired…
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190304/land-sale-could-make-west-chicagos-drive-in-fade-to-black?fbclid=IwAR2wW_53ng0foXm4JIq—w8W5gf7vrtr7vXhEpb0yCKuAlaV1YQo_NLnd_s
The theatre is Bar PM & Sports Grill today.
Demolished October 15, 1964, photo added courtesy Lew Stein.
Yet another rendering, with an address typo under the image.
https://chicago.curbed.com/2019/2/28/18233421/condo-construction-village-theater-fifteen-fifty-park?fbclid=IwAR0qzbjj0BrmxgebyMaWJDz6lj—cjqgjo1XWvUpnFDdmlp4ZdqZZlmYORk
1908 post card as Bijou Theatre added courtesy Walter Jung. It shows how drastic the exterior remodeling was compared to the photos of it as State Theatre.
Circa 1912 postcard added courtesy Walter Jung.
Circa 1909.
Circa 1940 postcard added courtesy Walter Jung.
1944 post card added courtesy John D. Ostrom.
3 post fire Winter 1968 photos added credit Paul Fogarty.
Circa 1910 postcard of interior added courtesy Walter Jung.
Ran across this link that says Ross Garver once ran the Dawn Theatre.
He was the father-in-law of Scat Davis.
https://www.hillsdalehistoricalsociety.org/scat-davis?rq=theatre
Update: May 16-29, 1980.
Update: May 16-29, 1980.
Photo added by KFD in 2018 shows the Didsbury burned down in 1974.
Mid `40s Flickr photo. Howard theatre in the background.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mbernero/6812696443?fbclid=IwAR3nCKo5MF51cUotfG6cG8Qwc_m7cIcGpEjJkaumNtFvquII45lAfIxURNI
Doubled as Chicago’s Gate of Horn club for the film “Inside Llewyn Davis”.
https://gregoryhilldesign.photoshelter.com/image/I0000z.n.2cpcOxE
This doubled as Chicago’s Gate Of Horn club for the film “Inside Llewyn Davis”.
https://gregoryhilldesign.photoshelter.com/image/I0000z.n.2cpcOxE
Over 12,000 have signed the below petition for Landmark Status.
https://www.change.org/p/west-chicago-savethecascade?recruiter=940638396&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial.pacific_post_sap_share_gmail_abi.gmail_abi&utm_term=psf_combo_share_initial.pacific_post_sap_share_gmail_abi.gmail_abi&recruited_by_id=3f72d220-4058-11e9-8d12-1ff52169ae5d&utm_content=mit-14366008-10%3Av1&fbclid=IwAR3YC-Z79BTOwtpfnreTi4LbIk4hpbwnm6UAZcYDYLBleE-pmFFAgY8mSrQ
Fenray and other local theatre’s history with ownership in below link.
http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ohmfahs/fl2007c.pdf
Confirmed as Demolished, site is park space today. 1940s photo added credit History of the Ohio Valley Facebook page.
Two circa 1960 photos added credit History of the Ohio Valley Facebook page.
The premiere of the locally filmed “Fool’s Parade”, at the Court Theatre on 6/17/71. Thomas Burns Collection Photo OCPL Archives
Still open circa 1955, photo added credit History of the Ohio Valley Facebook page.
Ran across this link with one interior photo as the Post Office and the WPA murals that were on the walls.
http://www.wpamurals.com/chiPOfoy.htm
The Cascade Drive-In lease has expired…
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190304/land-sale-could-make-west-chicagos-drive-in-fade-to-black?fbclid=IwAR2wW_53ng0foXm4JIq—w8W5gf7vrtr7vXhEpb0yCKuAlaV1YQo_NLnd_s
The theatre is Bar PM & Sports Grill today.
Demolished October 15, 1964, photo added courtesy Lew Stein.
Yet another rendering, with an address typo under the image.
https://chicago.curbed.com/2019/2/28/18233421/condo-construction-village-theater-fifteen-fifty-park?fbclid=IwAR0qzbjj0BrmxgebyMaWJDz6lj—cjqgjo1XWvUpnFDdmlp4ZdqZZlmYORk