Did anyone live a little further south, around 70th to 74th Streets as the north/south boundaries and Wentworth and Vincennes along with Hamilton Park as the east/west boundaries of our neighborhood. We kids would go to the Southtown Theater on special occasions and loved the ornate structure with its wonderful duck pond. We went to Yale Elementary and Parker High. Our nearest movie theaters were the Sun and E.A.R. (named after the owner’s initials). Love to hear from you. For those who went to Yale, there is an active alumni group going way back.
I don’t recall the storefront at all. I lived in the neighborhood throughout the sixties until 1974, and saw many movies there. One that stands out is “Goldfinger”, my favorite Bond movie. It was a thriving movie theater throughout the sixties, as I recall. It was a great movie palace, and I was saddened when it closed and later became a vertical mall. I haven’t been back in years, at least not since the Landmark theaters opened on the upper floors.
I lived at 73rd and Harvard from 1940 when I was born, to 1953, when we moved away. We went to Yale Elementary at 70th and Princeton. There is a very active Yale alumni group if anyone is interested. My older brother and sister went to Parker High; I went to Morgan Park High much further south. My siblings and I went to the Southtown on special occasions; I remember the pond most of all. I was very impressed, and would feed the ducks popcorn, although I think we weren’t supposed to. Our neighborhood movie theaters were the E.A.R. at 68th and Wentworth and the Sun, which were closer to our home, so we didn’t get to the Southtown all that often. I remember visiting the neighborhood many years later, in the late 50s I guess, when it was the department store, and remember being saddened. Those were great days to grow up in.
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Did anyone live a little further south, around 70th to 74th Streets as the north/south boundaries and Wentworth and Vincennes along with Hamilton Park as the east/west boundaries of our neighborhood. We kids would go to the Southtown Theater on special occasions and loved the ornate structure with its wonderful duck pond. We went to Yale Elementary and Parker High. Our nearest movie theaters were the Sun and E.A.R. (named after the owner’s initials). Love to hear from you. For those who went to Yale, there is an active alumni group going way back.
I don’t recall the storefront at all. I lived in the neighborhood throughout the sixties until 1974, and saw many movies there. One that stands out is “Goldfinger”, my favorite Bond movie. It was a thriving movie theater throughout the sixties, as I recall. It was a great movie palace, and I was saddened when it closed and later became a vertical mall. I haven’t been back in years, at least not since the Landmark theaters opened on the upper floors.
I lived at 73rd and Harvard from 1940 when I was born, to 1953, when we moved away. We went to Yale Elementary at 70th and Princeton. There is a very active Yale alumni group if anyone is interested. My older brother and sister went to Parker High; I went to Morgan Park High much further south. My siblings and I went to the Southtown on special occasions; I remember the pond most of all. I was very impressed, and would feed the ducks popcorn, although I think we weren’t supposed to. Our neighborhood movie theaters were the E.A.R. at 68th and Wentworth and the Sun, which were closer to our home, so we didn’t get to the Southtown all that often. I remember visiting the neighborhood many years later, in the late 50s I guess, when it was the department store, and remember being saddened. Those were great days to grow up in.