Oh! bother another piece of Waukegan History lost to time. The good
news is the Genesee theater across the street will have it grand
opening on Dec.3 2004 with Bill Cosby! Tickets soldout within 4
hours.
Thank you Charles found the pic. Bryan good pic of the theater if you
look at pictures you see the oringnal Academy church in the background the
church was torn down in the early fifties and replace by a Morey
Major sports store. Building is now abandon to be torn down soon
Lets not forget about Waukegan first cinema. It was called the
Belevidere mall cinema it open in 1968. It was the area first
indoor mall cinema. It was sold in the mid 80’s to a independent
theater chain. It was converted from a singal screen to three
screens and remain open till Nov. 2003 when it was closed for
remodling. It is still close at this time
The Academy theater was built on the site where once stood a women
school(1890’s)and church that was called the Women’s Academy So
the theater is named after the school.
The picture posted by btk630 is not the same Academy theater. This
Academy theater was located in Waukegan Il. You sometimes can find
some on E-bay just type in waukegan.
The city of Waukegan ended the lease on Fiesta Palace in Dec.2003
the building is now closed and is scheuled to be torn down in the
spring of 2004 and replace by a new hotel.
Richard
Note to Mr.Neifer of Harmon Sign:
The marque looks great the city lite it up about 3 weeks ago
and really looks good has that 1920’s look. Good Work!
The Genesee opening act will be Bill Cosby Tickets sold out.
Oh! bother another piece of Waukegan History lost to time. The good
news is the Genesee theater across the street will have it grand
opening on Dec.3 2004 with Bill Cosby! Tickets soldout within 4
hours.
Thank you Charles found the pic. Bryan good pic of the theater if you
look at pictures you see the oringnal Academy church in the background the
church was torn down in the early fifties and replace by a Morey
Major sports store. Building is now abandon to be torn down soon
I click on your link all I could see was theaters in Chicago area
and some from the Ca. area maybe my computer isn’t down loading all the pics?
btk:
I went to your site and I could not see the the Academy in Waukegan
the only one I could see was the Academy in Ca.
Lets not forget about Waukegan first cinema. It was called the
Belevidere mall cinema it open in 1968. It was the area first
indoor mall cinema. It was sold in the mid 80’s to a independent
theater chain. It was converted from a singal screen to three
screens and remain open till Nov. 2003 when it was closed for
remodling. It is still close at this time
The Academy theater was built on the site where once stood a women
school(1890’s)and church that was called the Women’s Academy So
the theater is named after the school.
Just to add on the subject the city of Waukegan recently announced
that instead of a hotel, a steak house resturaunt will be built.
The picture posted by btk630 is not the same Academy theater. This
Academy theater was located in Waukegan Il. You sometimes can find
some on E-bay just type in waukegan.
The city of Waukegan ended the lease on Fiesta Palace in Dec.2003
the building is now closed and is scheuled to be torn down in the
spring of 2004 and replace by a new hotel.
Richard
The building was torn down in the early 90’s now just a vacant lot.
Richard