Lincoln Village 1-6
6341 McCormick Boulevard,
Chicago,
IL
60659
6341 McCormick Boulevard,
Chicago,
IL
60659
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The Golf Glen another of another mulitplex that closed last February to make room for the Showplace 12 at Golf Mill.
I know that Village Entertainment signed a ten-year contract with the North Riverside and supposed to do renovation (i.e. put stadium seating) to that theater. That has not been done yet since my last visit to that theater to see “Nacho Libre”.
So, which theatre will Village close next?
The Village and Village North are likely to remain for awhile. They seem to be popular with the locals. Cinemark Fan says the Bloomingdale Court will be next because a new cinema is going into nearby Stratford Square. I say that this place will then close after the Bloomingdale Court because the Crown in Skokie draws well. The North Riverside could be another contender because of the nearby cinema in Cicero. Besides, anyone who loves movies can go to the nearby Lake. The Glenwood would be a tough one. Is that close to anything else?
Hello,
I am relatively new to the Cinema Treasures site. I’ve been reading comments from LIFE’S TOO SHORT & A PROJECTIONIST & others on Village Entertainment’s policies. Specifically the comments on how Village buys older sites & runs them into the ground, etc. I read Paul Fortini’s (who is a good friend of mine) comments on how that might be their game plan and I agree with him. Seriously, Village could go on a long time by buying/leasing older cinemas cheaply, running them on the cheap for awhile, & then moving on the next time AMC/Loews or some other mega-chain decides to dump an “under-performing” theatre! Village Entertainment is crazy, alright, “crazy-like-a-fox!”
As Paul F. once told me, contrast Village Entertainment to Classic Cinemas. Both have bought older sites (I don’t think CC has had any site built new for them). But CC, for the most part, has invested heavily into the sites that they’ve taken over such as the Tivoli, the Elk Grove, and the Lake.
The architect should be Mesbur & Smith.
Was this theatre designed by the same firm that dd the Burnham Plaza? The style and even color of brick looks similar?
CINEMARK FAN and I mentioned (on the Pemberton Cinema page) an on-line “pool” as to which Village Theatre will close next. Any takers?
A Projectionist,
This might help: View link
Paul, I agree with the Cineplex Odeon comment. Over 14 or so of these theaters were built in the Chicago land area in the late 80s early 90s to be state of the art just at the end of a rapidly changing time for movie theaters. I’d be very interested to get the story of Cineplex Odeon and what exactly went wrong, why very little up keep was taken with these places over the years even in threw Loews’s ownership and why only 3 or so seem to remain.
Personally being at one of these old Cineplex Odeons like the Lincoln Village, or even the now defunct Burnham plaza they all seem to have such a strange and almost creepy vibe. Like they tried to be so much, but got lost along the way.
The Crown is a much better cinema in my opinion.
It would be a shame to lose this one. It isn’t very old (what is it with these “less-than-20-year-old” former Cineplex-Odeons?). The Lincoln-Village Shopping Center has seen somewhat of a revival in recent years, so a cinema should do okay there.
The nearest theatre is the Village North (trying to get a parking space near it is impossible). Others are the Davis in Chicago, and the Crown in Skokie.
I don’t think they ever put a listing for Lincoln Village 7-9. Perhaps I shall make one soon. Tell me, what was 7-9 like? Was it like McClurg Court? What color was the seats? etc… I went to 1-6 to see Tokyo Drift back in June, and you’re probably right about 1-6’s fate. Besides cleaning up the floors, Village Theatres didn’t do squat.
What happened to the listing for the Lincoln Village 7-9? It has disappeared. I happened to eat lunch today at the Panera which sits about where the 7-9 was. It was sort of a bummer considering the great movies I saw at the 7-9, like Back to the Future and Jurassic Park. I remember my Dad taking me there. Nice memories.
I was talking the other day with someone familiar with the neighborhood. Basically, they say that this theatre sucks and does not do much business. I don’t understand Village Theatres. They have not even taken down the C-O logos.
I remember when they started building this place. It could be seen rising many miles up McCormick Blvd. to the north. I went there when it first opened up, and it was not bad. It was certainly a modern cinema of the time. It is kind of funny that the original Lincoln Village had stadium seating, the norm for today.
I have a feeling that it will not reach it’s twentieth birthday.
Craig,
It was the Plaza three-screener, my happy War Games and Return of the Jedi memories.
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Do any of you old school dudes remember the theater that was located across the street in the Kmart shopping center. It was open in the 80’s and closed when the new Lincoln Village 1-6 opened in the 90’s.
What was the name of that theater. I went there in my youth but cant remember that name of the theater.
Knowing Village I’m sure they have said they have upgrades “planned” but will any thing ever actually happen? I highly doubt it. Only 2 of the theater here are digital sound (DTS 2 & 3). It would be nice if they made all 6 digital. They also said they had plans for stadium seating in the 2 largest theaters, which I can’t really see happening ever.
The L-V is in a very large building. It is located next to the North Shore Channel, which is a man-made canal (and known as the
“S – – t River” because it serves the Metropolitan Sanitary District). You can actually see the L-V from the Church Street bridge (if you look hard enough) over the channel. Church Street is some 3 ½ miles north of the L-V.
Also, does Village have any upgrades planned for this theatre as it does for the North Riverside?
Taken on a drive through the city last month
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I just need to speak with someone in the management dept. I can’t get thru when I call the number that is listed.
AH- The theatre closed for a while and is now open under different ownership. For showtimes you can go to http://www.villagetheatres.com/
Do anyone have a telephone number where I can reach the theater manager,or the regional manager? If so,please post the number. Thanks!
Another problem at Lincoln Village 1-6. I took my children to see Chicken little this past sunday and when we got there there was a sign posted that said “there was no heat in the theater for hicken little”. The gil at the window assure me that there was some heat in the theater,but, when we went in and watch the movie for about 15 minutes,we nearly froze. I can’t just turn back around after taking two buses and not to mention,my children really wanted to seew this movie. I feel that we should’ve been offer a discount and/or a option to see another for free. I tried calling the theater to speak with someone but I couldn’t get thru. I also noticed the employees joking and sitting around not caring about the patrons hving any heat. There is a homedopt right across the street and I will think that the manager would’ve seen about buying some heaters or something until the heat start back working. I waste $16.50 just to watch a movie,basically in the cold. I should’ve went to Crown Theater in skokie and been better off. Someone really need to look into this theater before they lose all their customers because of someone not giving a care and the place go out of business.Whomever is managing it should give it up if they don’t care about the business or the customers. Don’t make the customers suffer.
Actually, August
The 7-9 wasn’t originally operated by Essaness. It was initially opened by Brotman & Sherman on July 2, 1968.
I don’t visit this theater anymore because the last time that I did visit was when Hey Arnold was out and I took my children to se it. There was a man in there( alone in a children movie made me a little suspicious) masturbating and when I notice it I ran this sick man out of there and went and told a supervisior and another employee,but they didn’t do anything.Nothing!!! they didn’t call the police,they didn’t go looking for him until I put up a fuss. That’s why I stop going there among other things that I noticed when I used to come there but that was it for me.Unfortunately,I’m going there to take my children to see another children’s movie and if that happen again,which I hope not,I’m calling the police myself and then I’m going to report the employee to the corporate office. I also call to get showtime information and the lady on the recording is speaking so low that you can’t tell when the movie start and I was able to get a telephone number at the end of the message(after calling back 3-4 times),but noone never answer.What is going on with that theater?
Village probably realized that they’d better do some advertising of their cinemas. And ads for the Lincoln Village have been running in the Chicago Tribune but not the Sun-Times.