AMC Chicago Ridge 6

500 Chicago Ridge Mall,
Chicago Ridge, IL 60415

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sqevans
sqevans on October 18, 2004 at 11:56 pm

The Starlite drive-in was on part of the mall property. There was a strip mall fronting on 95th with a Jupiter discount department store (KMart before it was called KMart) and a movie theatre called the Studio, I think. 1 screen, first run movies. All this was built for the baby boomers, so it was probably early 60s. The mall was built in the late 70s or early 80s.

JohnSanchez
JohnSanchez on May 1, 2004 at 2:42 am

Yes I stand corrected. The drive-in that occupied this site was indeed the Starlite.

Dawn
Dawn on April 6, 2004 at 4:37 pm

Oddly, there was a drive in where this mall now stands. I am not sure of the name, but I believe it was named the Starlight.

jimpiscitelli
jimpiscitelli on February 18, 2004 at 6:32 pm

The Cascade-Drive in is located in West Chicago, not Chicago Ridge. The Cascade Drive-In still exists and it’s one of the remaining Drive-In’s in the Chicagoland Area. The Chicago Ridge I believe was opened by Essaness Theaters before Cineplex Odeon took over.

JohnSanchez
JohnSanchez on February 18, 2004 at 1:56 pm

Aaron, this theater opened well before 1986 because I saw “Diner” there back in 1982. I think it opened around 1980 and I believe sits on the site that was once the Cascade Drive-In.