Here is the 2008 preliminary landmark designation archive.
It describes the property and lists various additional history that may or may not have been in previous dead links.
I happened across it looking up something else.
I suspect the development that was to be built incorporating the Village Theatre facade either fell through or has been put on hold.
The banners said Spring 2017, and one of them has blown over the top of the old marquee.
Nothing has taken place except the vacancies on the North Avenue side.
Elly’s Restaurant is still open.
Circa 1971 color photo added courtesy of Jesse Williams.
Facade update coming this Spring.
http://www.greenevillesun.com/news/local_news/updates-to-capitol-theatre-s-facade-coming-this-spring/article_69e8487d-bf5b-5c65-903d-4acc35ca6ba9.html
January 1951 photograph by Harold Beach.
January 1951 photograph by Harold Beach.
Circa 1950 photo added courtesy of Rick Vees.
2 photos added.
1946 photo added courtesy of the AmeriCar The Beautiful Facebook page.
1976 photo added, courtesy of the below 2008 article about the Parkway and other drive-ins.
http://hellsacres.blogspot.com/2008_11_01_archive.html
Circa 1940 photo added courtesy of the AmeriCar The Beautiful Facebook page.
Paulding marquee sign removed to be restored.
02/07/17 article below.
http://www.progressnewspaper.org/Content/News/Homepage-Rotating-Articles/Article/New-life-for-an-old-sign/198/1210/194015
Facade renovations to match 1930’s to come.
Article below.
http://missoulian.com/entertainment/movies/roxy-theater-to-renovate-facade-to-match-s-glory-days/article_2e6c6102-fae7-5216-98a6-629ad6b480bf.html
New Years Eve 1936 photo as Minsky’s Gayety added, courtesy of Al Ponte’s Time Machine – New York Facebook page.
Circa 1960 photo as the Bangor Opera House added, courtesy of the AmeriCar The Beautiful Facebook page.
1963 photo added courtesy of the Traces Of Texas Facebook page.
April 4, 1977 Herald photo added courtesy of Pat O'Malley.
Regina Spektor’s new music video that was shot in the Uptown. Video embedded in the below article.
http://www.elle.com/culture/music/news/a42603/regina-spektor-black-and-white-video/
Here is the 2008 preliminary landmark designation archive. It describes the property and lists various additional history that may or may not have been in previous dead links. I happened across it looking up something else.
https://archive.org/stream/CityOfChicagoLandmarkDesignationReports/VillageTheatre_djvu.txt
1941 photo added via Paul Walton.
I added a few recent pics of the West elevation. Sadly all the old building perimeter light sockets have had blank plates installed over the boxes.
June 25, 1934 photo added, photo credit Percy Loomis Sperr.
1925 photo added courtesy of Dan Celli.
June 1969 photo added, photo credit Jeff March.
I suspect the development that was to be built incorporating the Village Theatre facade either fell through or has been put on hold. The banners said Spring 2017, and one of them has blown over the top of the old marquee. Nothing has taken place except the vacancies on the North Avenue side. Elly’s Restaurant is still open.
1952 photo added courtesy of the AmeriCar The Beautiful Facebook page.
August 1960 photo added. Photo credit Edythe and Lloyd Katz Collection via the UNLV Libraries Digital Collections.