According to a January 4, 1914 article in the Chicago Tribune, The Ashland was nearing completion. Earlier articles documented controversy regarding building code violations. The Ashland Theater occupied a 50 x 125’ lot, had a seating capacity of 800. It cost about $75,000 to build. D. S Klafter was the architect. A feature of its balcony, which was claimed to not be found in any other theater in Chicago, is that a person sitting in the highest point in the highest point at the rear can see the front of the stage and one sitting in the rear on the main floor can see the top of the proscenium arch.
There is other information about and a 1914 photograph of this theater in the Chicago Tribune Archives database.
According to a January 4, 1914 article in the Chicago Tribune, The Ashland was nearing completion. Earlier articles documented controversy regarding building code violations. The Ashland Theater occupied a 50 x 125’ lot, had a seating capacity of 800. It cost about $75,000 to build. D. S Klafter was the architect. A feature of its balcony, which was claimed to not be found in any other theater in Chicago, is that a person sitting in the highest point in the highest point at the rear can see the front of the stage and one sitting in the rear on the main floor can see the top of the proscenium arch.
There is other information about and a 1914 photograph of this theater in the Chicago Tribune Archives database.