The Parkway opened in the late teens, and was a popular neighborhood house between the Covent to the south and the Century (formerly the Diversey) to its' north. It hit its' peak in the late 70’s/early 80’s when it was part of the Landmark theater chain, with classic film programming. It also had a strange stroke of “luck”, when it just so happened to been playing a Hitchcock film as part of the scheduled series of films in their regular program, when the Master of Suspense died. talk about your timing. When video and cable TV came in a big way, the theater closed, but the building still stands, its' main floor gutted by a Lens Crafters. I believe the balcony, small as it was, is still intact, just gathering dust, sealed shut these many years
Actually, the Deluxe was still showing second run films in the 1960’s when i used to frequent the Uptown & Riviera up the street, but the Deluxe had a bad reputation by then, and was off-limits to me, for safety’s sake. It WAS demolished in 1972, and was replaced by Truman College, one of the city Colleges of Chicago.
Hi,
Actually, The Covent Hotel was part of the building where the theater once stood, and just the theater portion was razed, to be replaced by a parking lot. The Clark Street entrance to the lot was part of the lobby/foyer of the theater, which when you think of it, can be visualized rather easily.
The Parkway opened in the late teens, and was a popular neighborhood house between the Covent to the south and the Century (formerly the Diversey) to its' north. It hit its' peak in the late 70’s/early 80’s when it was part of the Landmark theater chain, with classic film programming. It also had a strange stroke of “luck”, when it just so happened to been playing a Hitchcock film as part of the scheduled series of films in their regular program, when the Master of Suspense died. talk about your timing. When video and cable TV came in a big way, the theater closed, but the building still stands, its' main floor gutted by a Lens Crafters. I believe the balcony, small as it was, is still intact, just gathering dust, sealed shut these many years
Actually, the Deluxe was still showing second run films in the 1960’s when i used to frequent the Uptown & Riviera up the street, but the Deluxe had a bad reputation by then, and was off-limits to me, for safety’s sake. It WAS demolished in 1972, and was replaced by Truman College, one of the city Colleges of Chicago.
Hi,
Actually, The Covent Hotel was part of the building where the theater once stood, and just the theater portion was razed, to be replaced by a parking lot. The Clark Street entrance to the lot was part of the lobby/foyer of the theater, which when you think of it, can be visualized rather easily.