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Current Reader article about the New 400’s pandemic survival.
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-new-400-movie-theater/Content?oid=87466882&fbclid=IwAR1hMCaILXCUmyYwsMkDXojdj1bONqjLt5zGknCwThCSJw_HwDwyH0b4Tno
1978 pre-fire UIC library Digital Collections photo.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/uicdigital/7980059123?fbclid=IwAR0LU4zlKVO1xV7mHHB9hzV7KJTNDb7_6-KMKP2ZGkLGbIVdB3HUiIK4Vbg
Alger marquee to be refurbished.
http://www.lakecountyexam.com/news/alger-theater-marquee-to-undergo-major-facelift/article_0ef375ee-8c25-11eb-b6ec-77691e567c18.html?fbclid=IwAR26fbzhJH2J97iEET4d0wk3PbjpgssQx4Kg7DTNitNsE3jBKByZaxNrf4E
Current article with photos.
https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2021/03/22/the-short-life-of-a-1960s-east-village-rock-venue/?fbclid=IwAR2bdPokXJGXnFlm3umr2_DpPPegIxzKlXjxd7wSd7AHIK81bsFF5YA2C6Q
June 18, 1958 photo credit J Sherwin Murphy/Chicago History Museum/Getty Images.
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/view-of-the-east-side-of-clark-street-just-north-of-madison-news-photo/537165227?irgwc=1&esource=AFF_GI_IR_TinEye_77643&asid=TinEye&cid=GI&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=TinEye&utm_content=77643
Chuck Conners next to mayor Richard J. Daley, Forrest Tucker behind them.
Roosevelt Theater in background, St. Patrick’s day parade 1974. Image will enlarge within link.
https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/digital/collection/uic_rjdaley/id/5899
CT page added for the Bungalo Theatre across the street from the Princess. Former Union Hall building, demolished sometime after 2013.
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/64556
Flickr link of what the now demolished former Bungalo Theatre/Union Hall building looked like.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tourismguy/5172691923
Update: June 7, 1965.
Fundraiser helped save the Chopin.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2021/03/16/chopin-theatre-raises-72000-from-grateful-fans-hopes-to-reopen-this-summer-it-was-really-overwhelming/?fbclid=IwAR1GhFdAOkjDvctCa2S06hJCQXrGS4aSLyV9IBkDrJIPcTaxgQU4h7571Pk
Article with interior photo of Tecumseh Theater.
https://creative-capital.org/2021/02/12/brian-harnetty-turns-deep-ethnographic-research-into-music-in-shawnee-ohio/?fbclid=IwAR3PqR2zx7WhDKYdhc-lSz46jmayNgwkvRpaEHax-6ZTtJgm0j5oQ3b6Ij8
Circa 1950 image added couretsy Jack Iam.
Update: July 1922.
Mis-dated Chicago Sun-Times image.“Jaws” ran at the United Artists 6/20/75-12/04/75.
https://www.alamy.com/june-1976-lunch-hour-in-the-sun-chicago-illinois-image220805103.html?irclickid=SGLVMaUzAxyLWAL0EkzjZTwgUkEQfyTuIzOT3Q0&irgwc=1&utm_source=77643&utm_campaign=Shop%20Royalty%20Free%20at%20Alamy&utm_medium=impact
Here is a Facebook page dedicated to the Twin Drive-In.
https://www.facebook.com/TWINDRIVEIN/
TimeOut Magazine named Music Box one of the 50 most beautiful cinemas on the planet.
https://www.timeout.com/chicago/news/a-chicago-institution-was-named-one-of-the-worlds-most-beautiful-movie-theaters-030321?fbclid=IwAR1hNcoPX9T_dYJuO6hqcHg-6UYkWoNkHLisvOzUoX-hNfIyw3FRNxMoFx4
Current article about the risk of closure.
https://www.mysanantonio.com/culture/arts/article/Don-t-go-River-Oaks-Theater-Houston-Linklater-16004102.php?fbclid=IwAR3PnePK6hCdsDB7YqNXWEajCq6-RIrDCxMwUfnB3KqlnYRttJV7OS1y4WU
Article about the Edgemere signage, unfortunately a pay link…
https://www.telegram.com/story/news/2021/02/27/shrewsbury-locals-plan-restore-edgemere-drive-sign/6800243002/?fbclid=IwAR18hxJEMZoGkosYNXj8p7pDyuEa2LPwWtafTHtSU4CoSy72QE_zHUP1L6Q
Enlargeable 1957 photo in Shorpy link. Click “view full size”.
https://www.shorpy.com/node/13522
Enlargeable photo in Shorpy link.
Update: 1984 photo credit John McCarthy/Chicago History Museum.
https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/digital/collection/chm_pp/id/270/rec/17?fbclid=IwAR0jq9uROVPKEYq1UmoqiV8JPqOGqcHviJCwPILixrnt4y_5mDhlsXZxSZw
April 3, 1979 photo credit John McCarthy/Chicago History Museum.
https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/digital/collection/chm_pp/id/1169/rec/30?fbclid=IwAR37nGYzU7J1KphQbLcuz01XlJAgBIUsmu8TLx3K0f-k3L0VEub09dRjSNE
1981 photo credit John McCarthy/Chicago History Museum.
https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/digital/collection/chm_pp/id/997/rec/13?fbclid=IwAR2yQxCmljkt50QfJDf_3B2SX6e7x_AWc-7mpN7XS9KKqr6IWmfV6Ix9PX0
Sadly it appears Cinemark used an option on thier lease to vacate. It will not be reopening under their management.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2021/02/22/evanstons-downtown-movie-theater-will-not-reopen/?fbclid=IwAR0M3Dd7d6rqzWSH1oJPX4sWjshX82w2QUqlDqFNdiE8d8CHZgjCmVKrK6Q
Current Reader article about the New 400’s pandemic survival.
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-new-400-movie-theater/Content?oid=87466882&fbclid=IwAR1hMCaILXCUmyYwsMkDXojdj1bONqjLt5zGknCwThCSJw_HwDwyH0b4Tno
1978 pre-fire UIC library Digital Collections photo.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/uicdigital/7980059123?fbclid=IwAR0LU4zlKVO1xV7mHHB9hzV7KJTNDb7_6-KMKP2ZGkLGbIVdB3HUiIK4Vbg
Alger marquee to be refurbished.
http://www.lakecountyexam.com/news/alger-theater-marquee-to-undergo-major-facelift/article_0ef375ee-8c25-11eb-b6ec-77691e567c18.html?fbclid=IwAR26fbzhJH2J97iEET4d0wk3PbjpgssQx4Kg7DTNitNsE3jBKByZaxNrf4E
Current article with photos.
https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2021/03/22/the-short-life-of-a-1960s-east-village-rock-venue/?fbclid=IwAR2bdPokXJGXnFlm3umr2_DpPPegIxzKlXjxd7wSd7AHIK81bsFF5YA2C6Q
June 18, 1958 photo credit J Sherwin Murphy/Chicago History Museum/Getty Images.
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/view-of-the-east-side-of-clark-street-just-north-of-madison-news-photo/537165227?irgwc=1&esource=AFF_GI_IR_TinEye_77643&asid=TinEye&cid=GI&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=TinEye&utm_content=77643
Chuck Conners next to mayor Richard J. Daley, Forrest Tucker behind them.
Roosevelt Theater in background, St. Patrick’s day parade 1974. Image will enlarge within link.
https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/digital/collection/uic_rjdaley/id/5899
CT page added for the Bungalo Theatre across the street from the Princess. Former Union Hall building, demolished sometime after 2013.
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/64556
Flickr link of what the now demolished former Bungalo Theatre/Union Hall building looked like.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tourismguy/5172691923
Update: June 7, 1965.
Fundraiser helped save the Chopin.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2021/03/16/chopin-theatre-raises-72000-from-grateful-fans-hopes-to-reopen-this-summer-it-was-really-overwhelming/?fbclid=IwAR1GhFdAOkjDvctCa2S06hJCQXrGS4aSLyV9IBkDrJIPcTaxgQU4h7571Pk
Article with interior photo of Tecumseh Theater.
https://creative-capital.org/2021/02/12/brian-harnetty-turns-deep-ethnographic-research-into-music-in-shawnee-ohio/?fbclid=IwAR3PqR2zx7WhDKYdhc-lSz46jmayNgwkvRpaEHax-6ZTtJgm0j5oQ3b6Ij8
Circa 1950 image added couretsy Jack Iam.
Update: July 1922.
Mis-dated Chicago Sun-Times image.
“Jaws” ran at the United Artists 6/20/75-12/04/75.
https://www.alamy.com/june-1976-lunch-hour-in-the-sun-chicago-illinois-image220805103.html?irclickid=SGLVMaUzAxyLWAL0EkzjZTwgUkEQfyTuIzOT3Q0&irgwc=1&utm_source=77643&utm_campaign=Shop%20Royalty%20Free%20at%20Alamy&utm_medium=impact
Here is a Facebook page dedicated to the Twin Drive-In.
https://www.facebook.com/TWINDRIVEIN/
TimeOut Magazine named Music Box one of the 50 most beautiful cinemas on the planet.
https://www.timeout.com/chicago/news/a-chicago-institution-was-named-one-of-the-worlds-most-beautiful-movie-theaters-030321?fbclid=IwAR1hNcoPX9T_dYJuO6hqcHg-6UYkWoNkHLisvOzUoX-hNfIyw3FRNxMoFx4
Current article about the risk of closure.
https://www.mysanantonio.com/culture/arts/article/Don-t-go-River-Oaks-Theater-Houston-Linklater-16004102.php?fbclid=IwAR3PnePK6hCdsDB7YqNXWEajCq6-RIrDCxMwUfnB3KqlnYRttJV7OS1y4WU
Article about the Edgemere signage, unfortunately a pay link…
https://www.telegram.com/story/news/2021/02/27/shrewsbury-locals-plan-restore-edgemere-drive-sign/6800243002/?fbclid=IwAR18hxJEMZoGkosYNXj8p7pDyuEa2LPwWtafTHtSU4CoSy72QE_zHUP1L6Q
Enlargeable 1957 photo in Shorpy link. Click “view full size”.
https://www.shorpy.com/node/13522
Enlargeable photo in Shorpy link.
https://www.shorpy.com/node/13522
Update: 1984 photo credit John McCarthy/Chicago History Museum.
https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/digital/collection/chm_pp/id/270/rec/17?fbclid=IwAR0jq9uROVPKEYq1UmoqiV8JPqOGqcHviJCwPILixrnt4y_5mDhlsXZxSZw
April 3, 1979 photo credit John McCarthy/Chicago History Museum.
https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/digital/collection/chm_pp/id/1169/rec/30?fbclid=IwAR37nGYzU7J1KphQbLcuz01XlJAgBIUsmu8TLx3K0f-k3L0VEub09dRjSNE
1981 photo credit John McCarthy/Chicago History Museum.
https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/digital/collection/chm_pp/id/997/rec/13?fbclid=IwAR2yQxCmljkt50QfJDf_3B2SX6e7x_AWc-7mpN7XS9KKqr6IWmfV6Ix9PX0
Sadly it appears Cinemark used an option on thier lease to vacate. It will not be reopening under their management.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2021/02/22/evanstons-downtown-movie-theater-will-not-reopen/?fbclid=IwAR0M3Dd7d6rqzWSH1oJPX4sWjshX82w2QUqlDqFNdiE8d8CHZgjCmVKrK6Q