Brian, that would be a good idea to build the condos on their parking lot. But, as I said above, one good point about the Gateway IS the parking lot. And, there’s a parking deck about 1 block north of the theatre too. I also forgot to mention in my above post that the now condo-ized area east of the Gateway was light industrial for a reason. NOISE! I wonder if the idiots who buy these condos will complain about the noise AFTER they move in!
It would be a great shame to lose this theatre, especially one which appears to be in good condition. It could be used for concerts (Abba appeared here recently, I believe) and unlike the Uptown, there is adequate parking.
I don’t dispute the amount of tax dollars condos can raise. Done sensibly, condos have breathed new life into aging downtowns (Des Plaines and Arlington Heights are good examples). And in my neighborhood, the South Loop, they make sense as people can live walking distance from work, entertainment, etc.
But the Jefferson Park area has already reached the point of “enough is too much!” I returned to the neighborhood recently—I used to live in adajacent Portage Park near the Patio Theatre—and I was stunned. And not in a good way. One block of stores has been demolished and replaced by a CVS. East of the Gateway, a whole neighborhood of condos, some in the $500,000 (I believe) have gone in where a light industrial area was. This is in an area bounded by two expressways, two major railroad lines, the L, etc. so you can imagine the noise.
I’m not against progress and change. I’m not “pro-preservation-at-any-cost.” (just read my comments on the DuPage Theatre page). But our neighborhoods are losing their character with all of these look-alike condos and CVS’s, etc
And BTW, for $500,000 bucks, I can get a condo in my nieghborhood with a view of Lake Michigan
And so the Burnham closed after today, Labor Day, 2005! The final movies were The Cave, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Red Eye, Four Brothers, and Skeleton Key.
The Burnham is yet another cinema, built by Cineplex Odeon circa 1987-1989, to close. Out of some 16 theatres built by C-O in the Chicagoland Area during that time, only about 5 remain.
I believe that the Burnham may have been the last theatre of the ill-fated Meridien chain to close.
I believe that the Walgreens has already closed.
Brian, that would be a good idea to build the condos on their parking lot. But, as I said above, one good point about the Gateway IS the parking lot. And, there’s a parking deck about 1 block north of the theatre too. I also forgot to mention in my above post that the now condo-ized area east of the Gateway was light industrial for a reason. NOISE! I wonder if the idiots who buy these condos will complain about the noise AFTER they move in!
It would be a great shame to lose this theatre, especially one which appears to be in good condition. It could be used for concerts (Abba appeared here recently, I believe) and unlike the Uptown, there is adequate parking.
I don’t dispute the amount of tax dollars condos can raise. Done sensibly, condos have breathed new life into aging downtowns (Des Plaines and Arlington Heights are good examples). And in my neighborhood, the South Loop, they make sense as people can live walking distance from work, entertainment, etc.
But the Jefferson Park area has already reached the point of “enough is too much!” I returned to the neighborhood recently—I used to live in adajacent Portage Park near the Patio Theatre—and I was stunned. And not in a good way. One block of stores has been demolished and replaced by a CVS. East of the Gateway, a whole neighborhood of condos, some in the $500,000 (I believe) have gone in where a light industrial area was. This is in an area bounded by two expressways, two major railroad lines, the L, etc. so you can imagine the noise.
I’m not against progress and change. I’m not “pro-preservation-at-any-cost.” (just read my comments on the DuPage Theatre page). But our neighborhoods are losing their character with all of these look-alike condos and CVS’s, etc
And BTW, for $500,000 bucks, I can get a condo in my nieghborhood with a view of Lake Michigan
And so the Burnham closed after today, Labor Day, 2005! The final movies were The Cave, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Red Eye, Four Brothers, and Skeleton Key.
The Burnham is yet another cinema, built by Cineplex Odeon circa 1987-1989, to close. Out of some 16 theatres built by C-O in the Chicagoland Area during that time, only about 5 remain.
I believe that the Burnham may have been the last theatre of the ill-fated Meridien chain to close.