Photos favorited by gavsygoo

  • <p>Clear view of first balcony foyer. Beautiful space. Hard to imagine swinging a wrecking ball at that.</p>
  • <p>When new owners came in after four and a half years since the cinema’s closure, they found it virtually the same as it was March 16, 2020 when the theater closed with these films. Concessions were plentiful though out of date. So they decided to gut the theater for other purposes.</p>
  • <p>Here’s the New Amsterdam in an episode of “Cagney and Lacey”. This is back when it was a movie theater. The marquee states that “First Blood”, the first Rambo movie, is currently playing.</p>
  • <p>1982 photo courtesy of Steve Jay. Galewood Montclare Elmwood Park Facebook page.</p>
  • <p>You can see the little Cineplex Odeon logo off-center right near the bottom. From the architect’s website: https://smng-arch.com/project/burnham-park-plaza/.</p>
  • <p>December 21st, 1988 grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>1980 photo credit John P. Keating Jr.</p>
  • <p>Interior architectural sketch in 1928 of the Pickwick interior</p>
  • <p>1989 photo credit Dana Olsen.</p>
  • <p>Chicago Tribune photo of the Grand Opening of the Colony Theatre. August 26, 1926.</p>
  • <p>I found this ticket between the pages of a book I inherited from my Grandparents. My Grandfather was from Chicago (born 1905) and I believe the book had belonged to his parents, who lived in Chicago all their lives.</p>
  • <p>“Gymkata” on the Carnegie marquee. 1985 photo courtesy of Mike Tuggle.</p>
  • <p>1962 photo credit Laird Scott. Courtesy of Mister Kelly’s Chicago.</p>
  • <p>Photo taken by Charles Cushman on April 2, 1949.</p>
  • <p>1948 photo courtesy Jeff Nichols.</p>
  • <p>Recent aerial shot courtesy of Bob Coen.</p>
  • <p>Crisper version of the 1923 photo courtesy of John Chuckman Collection.</p>
  • <p>Presumably this was the old snack bar space. This small lobby would have originally been part of the theatre space.</p>
  • <p>Full width photo credit John P. Keating Jr. Shows Artist’s Snack Shop which just closed recently. Cropped version previously posted.</p>
  • <p>Playhouse Theater Interior circa ~2012</p>
  • <p>Ad from the Chicago Sun-Times, Monday, January 27, 1986 newspaper showing what was playing at the Fine Arts Theater.</p>
  • <p>1994 photo credit John P. Keating Jr. World Cup Parade.</p>