I suspect the development that was to be built incorporating the Village Theatre facade either fell through or has been put on hold.
The banners said Spring 2017, and one of them has blown over the top of the old marquee.
Nothing has taken place except the vacancies on the North Avenue side.
Elly’s Restaurant is still open.
I caught a ghost sign on the rear of the theatre from the L yesterday, in the afternoon sun.
I’ll have to get back up to that area and see if I can access the alley to get a pic.
Extensive 9 page Marquee Magazine link about the Iroquois with more photos, in pdf format. Via the Chicago Theatre Preservation Alliance Facebook page.
“Live On Stage” on the banner is a pretty good clue.
Any bookings or photos of such at any theatres, at any time on CT are relevant.
Because they add to that given theatre’s complete history, and going forward.
Not limited only to it’s “cinema history”.
Nowhere in the Community Guidelines does it say that that is a criteria.
Some theatres converted back & forth from live events to film several times.
Cinema Treasures = the theatre’s buildings.
By your logic, no photos should ever be posted of any theatres that have since converted to live events only.
Which would be most of them, if they survived at all.
How many theatres opened as vaudeville houses, and then converted to film?
Should all their early history be omitted as well, because it is not “cinema history”?
Photos of specific bookings or events whether film or not, can sometimes jar the memories of members and encourage them to post again about that given theatre.
Particularly when years pass in between comments.
Also, some members like to see any alterations to the buildings that may have occurred over the years.
I only comment when I add photos, because it sometimes helps keeps CT active.
Usually in a positive manner…
June 25, 1934 photo added, photo credit Percy Loomis Sperr.
1925 photo added courtesy of Dan Celli.
June 1969 photo added, photo credit Jeff March.
I suspect the development that was to be built incorporating the Village Theatre facade either fell through or has been put on hold. The banners said Spring 2017, and one of them has blown over the top of the old marquee. Nothing has taken place except the vacancies on the North Avenue side. Elly’s Restaurant is still open.
1952 photo added courtesy of the AmeriCar The Beautiful Facebook page.
August 1960 photo added. Photo credit Edythe and Lloyd Katz Collection via the UNLV Libraries Digital Collections.
Undated marquee photo added courtesy of Geraldine Dzambo Mizikar.
1946 photo added, photo credit Mount Pleasant Area Historical Society.
June 2013 article about the Penn Theater with 3 demolition photos below.
http://triblive.com/neighborhoods/yourmtpleasant/4210362-74/building-theater-borough
Circa 1957 photo as the Kayton, added courtesy of the AmeriCar The Beautiful Facebook page.
This 2008 article confirms the existence of the Romantic Motor View, as well as many others in Utah listed.
http://archive.sltrib.com/story.php?ref=/ci_9719298
There are 5 interior pics from 2000, in a March 17, 2007 comment if you scroll back. Most other links going back are dead.
1949 photo added courtesy of the AmeriCar The Beautiful Facebook page.
1916 photo added courtesy of Kimberly Davis.
1953 photo added, photo credit Captain Bijou.
Two 1980 photos added, photo credit Kaci Steder.
Though it says Chicago, the Portage in Wisconsin is in the parade footage beginning at the 59:17 mark.
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170106/downtown/check-out-drivers-braving-infamous-lake-shore-drive-s-curve
Ah thanks, will do.
Rear or side entrance appears several times in this film beginning at the 59:17 mark.
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170106/downtown/check-out-drivers-braving-infamous-lake-shore-drive-s-curve
I caught a ghost sign on the rear of the theatre from the L yesterday, in the afternoon sun. I’ll have to get back up to that area and see if I can access the alley to get a pic.
Extensive 9 page Marquee Magazine link about the Iroquois with more photos, in pdf format. Via the Chicago Theatre Preservation Alliance Facebook page.
https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AJF9BsE1GS6VHpE&cid=5E12BC9B1120790D&id=5E12BC9B1120790D%216348&parId=root&o=OneUp
“Live On Stage” on the banner is a pretty good clue. Any bookings or photos of such at any theatres, at any time on CT are relevant. Because they add to that given theatre’s complete history, and going forward. Not limited only to it’s “cinema history”. Nowhere in the Community Guidelines does it say that that is a criteria. Some theatres converted back & forth from live events to film several times. Cinema Treasures = the theatre’s buildings.
By your logic, no photos should ever be posted of any theatres that have since converted to live events only. Which would be most of them, if they survived at all. How many theatres opened as vaudeville houses, and then converted to film? Should all their early history be omitted as well, because it is not “cinema history”? Photos of specific bookings or events whether film or not, can sometimes jar the memories of members and encourage them to post again about that given theatre. Particularly when years pass in between comments. Also, some members like to see any alterations to the buildings that may have occurred over the years. I only comment when I add photos, because it sometimes helps keeps CT active. Usually in a positive manner…
1977 photo added of Beatlemania at the Winter Garden. Photo credit Herb Silverman.
1918 photo added courtesy of the Old Photographs Facebook page.
1970 photo as Cameo Moulin added, courtesy of the Robert’s World Facebook page.
Expandable link from Calumet 412, with additional pics not in the Photo Section. Eerie that the finale of the show that night was “Then Away We Go”.
http://calumet412.com/post/155170694311/on-dec-30-1903-fire-engulfed-the-iroquois