Nice pic. The elaborate parking neon I mentioned in an earlier post, would have been just North of the marquee & entrance. Possibly not even hung on the building yet at this time. Since it look like the “mall” conversion was in it’s beginning stages.
Nice Dodge Demon & rag top Ford though.
Oh, and the Pinto, well it would have been only a few years old a model in `73.
I’ll say. Complete with a 69 LeSabre at the meter. And what appears to be a68 Vette w/sidepipes?
The florist w/awning is where the Starbucks is now.
The next storefront just North of the florist is now a Thai place called Tiparo’s, for at least 10 years.
Thanks Ken Mc, that’s how I remember it. But much worse for wear by 1991.
That marquee was by then supported by multiple 2x4’s. They were bowing under the weight. And surprisingly no fence up.
Great photo source LTS!
I just pulled up one of the 3 Penny Cinema. Alas, no Playboy/Sandburg/Chelex pic to be found.
I might now just have to go back through all my CT theatres, and repost my notification status again.
Something I was avoiding.
P.S. To the left of the jeweler is a gangway that still goes straight through under the building to State St. & the parking entrance for 2 E. Oak.
There is also a side glass lobby door (locked) to Oak Bank just inside the gangway.
Oak Bank is the first floor tenant of the high rise condos, formerly rentals. I passed out flyers when Oak Bank opened in 1970.
Wow, thanks Life! That is the best picture I’ve ever seen to date too.
The small storefront to the left of the poster box & entrance, was a place called Garrett Jewelers. He later moved to State St. just North of Elm St. (In a classic older rental building recently cleared out for proposed demolition itself).
Sweetwater night club whose sign can be seen at the corner, followed Mister Kelly’s exodus & preceded Gibson’s Steak House which is there now.
That round window is where Mister Kelly’s would post 8x10’s of their upcoming acts. Morey Amsterdam, Tim & Tom (Reid & Dreesen), Mort Sahl, Prof. Irwin Corey & countless other musical acts. Stan Kenton, Buddy Rich etc.
By 1983, you can see that Rush St. was already changed to One Way Northbound.
Though two way traffic was quite the side show well into the `70’s.
Next to the marquee where those large vents are for the garage, is where Hugo’s Frog Bar built out their small balconies & second story dining. As I posted earlier, Hugo’s utilized the Carnegie blade support for their own signage.
I finally made it back in here a few Sundays back. For the next to last performance of “Xanadu”.
Much has changed since it’s off again/on again movie theatre days.
The Chestnut St. side entrance is pretty much in the same spot. But the theatre space has been built out differently and off to the left of the entrance.
The stage area seems much smaller. And the seats seem to rise above the new lobby area. I can’t recall the old multiplex configuration at/from street level. But I think it went straight back. Where the restrooms & coat check are now. The lobby has a lower ceiling like the old Drury Lane in Evergreen Park had. But there the theatre stage was downstairs. There is a brief “Drury Lane History” in the back pages of the Playbill. Possibly accessable online.
Or via the official site under this CT page’s description.
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Nice pic. The elaborate parking neon I mentioned in an earlier post, would have been just North of the marquee & entrance. Possibly not even hung on the building yet at this time. Since it look like the “mall” conversion was in it’s beginning stages.
Nice Dodge Demon & rag top Ford though.
Oh, and the Pinto, well it would have been only a few years old a model in `73.
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Rather stately looking even when shuttered. Too bad it couldn’t have hung on until the “rebirth” of theater downtown.
Nice! With even the old Bismarck sign way down the street. And the rear of a mid `60’s Rambler tooling along. Thanks for posting.
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69 LeSabre at the meter. And what appears to be a68 Vette w/sidepipes?The florist w/awning is where the Starbucks is now.
The next storefront just North of the florist is now a Thai place called Tiparo’s, for at least 10 years.
Thanks Ken Mc, that’s how I remember it. But much worse for wear by 1991.
That marquee was by then supported by multiple 2x4’s. They were bowing under the weight. And surprisingly no fence up.
Great photo source LTS!
I just pulled up one of the 3 Penny Cinema. Alas, no Playboy/Sandburg/Chelex pic to be found.
I might now just have to go back through all my CT theatres, and repost my notification status again.
Something I was avoiding.
P.S. To the left of the jeweler is a gangway that still goes straight through under the building to State St. & the parking entrance for 2 E. Oak.
There is also a side glass lobby door (locked) to Oak Bank just inside the gangway.
Oak Bank is the first floor tenant of the high rise condos, formerly rentals. I passed out flyers when Oak Bank opened in 1970.
Wow, thanks Life! That is the best picture I’ve ever seen to date too.
The small storefront to the left of the poster box & entrance, was a place called Garrett Jewelers. He later moved to State St. just North of Elm St. (In a classic older rental building recently cleared out for proposed demolition itself).
Sweetwater night club whose sign can be seen at the corner, followed Mister Kelly’s exodus & preceded Gibson’s Steak House which is there now.
That round window is where Mister Kelly’s would post 8x10’s of their upcoming acts. Morey Amsterdam, Tim & Tom (Reid & Dreesen), Mort Sahl, Prof. Irwin Corey & countless other musical acts. Stan Kenton, Buddy Rich etc.
By 1983, you can see that Rush St. was already changed to One Way Northbound.
Though two way traffic was quite the side show well into the `70’s.
Next to the marquee where those large vents are for the garage, is where Hugo’s Frog Bar built out their small balconies & second story dining. As I posted earlier, Hugo’s utilized the Carnegie blade support for their own signage.
Thanks for posting the image.
I finally made it back in here a few Sundays back. For the next to last performance of “Xanadu”.
Much has changed since it’s off again/on again movie theatre days.
The Chestnut St. side entrance is pretty much in the same spot. But the theatre space has been built out differently and off to the left of the entrance.
The stage area seems much smaller. And the seats seem to rise above the new lobby area. I can’t recall the old multiplex configuration at/from street level. But I think it went straight back. Where the restrooms & coat check are now. The lobby has a lower ceiling like the old Drury Lane in Evergreen Park had. But there the theatre stage was downstairs. There is a brief “Drury Lane History” in the back pages of the Playbill. Possibly accessable online.
Or via the official site under this CT page’s description.
Still surrounded by scaffolds.
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