You can see a good amount of the interior during The Color Of Money. It’s the scene where Tom Cruise recieves a beating. After languishing on the Real Estate market for a few years, it now has a “Build to Suit” banner up, so its days may be numbered.
Russell Phillips Photo:
Paramount Auditorium
Lobby
Russell Phillips Photo:
Auditorium
Russell Phillips Photos:
Music Box Exterior
Auditorium
Lobby
Foyer
Aisle
Russell Phillips Photos:
Varsity Auditorium
Varsity Lobby
Varsity Upper Lobby
The layout here looks a lot like Pridmore’s designs at the Evanston/Stadium and Nortown, except T-shaped instead of L
Russell Phillips Photos:
Lobby
Upper Lobby
Russell Phillips Photos:
Rotunda
Auditorium
Rialto Auditorium, Wide
Lobby
Updated Russell Phillips link:
Hinsdale Auditorium
More Russell Phillips photos:
Pickwick Exterior
Pickwick Auditorium
Pickwick Foyer
Pickwick Ladies Lounge
Russell Phillips:
Esquire Exterior, 1985
Esquire Ladies Lounge, 1984
Esquire Stairs to Lounge, 1984
Russell Phillips photos:
Lake Auditorium
Lake Lobby
From Russell Phillips:
Water Tower 6-7 Entrance
Grand Staircase
Russell Phillips photos:
Mural in Foyer
Concession Counter
Exterior
Here are updated links to my June, 2005 post. Plus more.
From Russell Phillips' Galleries:
1982 (pre-restoration) photos of:
Auditorium Entry and Proscenium
Men’s Lounge
Grand Stair Detail
Ladies Lounge
Foyer with Vending Machine
Stair Landing & Mezzanine
Auditorium from Balcony
Auditorium, Lower Level
And more:
Video Game Area
Upper Lobby Vending
Mirror on stairs
Updated links to my June 2005 post:
Nortown Candy Counter, 1982
Nortown Upper Lobby, 1984
Nortown Auditorium Entrance, 1984
Nortown Auditorium From Balcony, 1983
Here is a haargis photo.
Cool, where did you get that
You can see a good amount of the interior during The Color Of Money. It’s the scene where Tom Cruise recieves a beating. After languishing on the Real Estate market for a few years, it now has a “Build to Suit” banner up, so its days may be numbered.
Demolition is proceeding quickly. You can see the remaining plaster work.
Here is a postcard view of the building pre-remodeling
Here is an exterior view.
Here is another a few years later.
Here is another.