The marquee unfortunately wasn’t saved. I thought it looked great and it worked really well with the original building. The rest of the facade has, however, supposedly been put into storage by the city of Elgin.
The site of the Crocker Theater remains empty, and the state of the housing market implies it may stay empty for a long time.
If you’re interested in following developments pertaining to the Crocker site and how it’s redeveloped or Elgin news in general, you can grab a feed of my Elginblog.
The best use for the Crocker would have been as an indie rock music venue. Other rock “theaters” like Clearwater in Dundee and Metro in Chicago don’t have seats, because seats get in the way. If you look at this way, much of the work had already been done on the Crocker, since the interior was gutted long ago. It wouldn’t have required much money to make it suitable for rock concerts. The suburbs are especially in need of all-ages venues. It would have given the kids something to do and brought life to the downtown. For updates see: The Elginite blog
The marquee unfortunately wasn’t saved. I thought it looked great and it worked really well with the original building. The rest of the facade has, however, supposedly been put into storage by the city of Elgin.
The site of the Crocker Theater remains empty, and the state of the housing market implies it may stay empty for a long time.
If you’re interested in following developments pertaining to the Crocker site and how it’s redeveloped or Elgin news in general, you can grab a feed of my Elgin blog.
The best use for the Crocker would have been as an indie rock music venue. Other rock “theaters” like Clearwater in Dundee and Metro in Chicago don’t have seats, because seats get in the way. If you look at this way, much of the work had already been done on the Crocker, since the interior was gutted long ago. It wouldn’t have required much money to make it suitable for rock concerts. The suburbs are especially in need of all-ages venues. It would have given the kids something to do and brought life to the downtown. For updates see: The Elginite blog