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  • <p>Auditorium side view with shallow mezzanine</p>
  • <p>View towards stage from center of mezzanine</p>
  • <p>Rear wall of main floor below mezzanine</p>
  • <p>October 14, 2017 images and description courtesy of bldg. 51 archive and Urban Remains.</p> <p>“an afternoon documenting congress theater’s attic searching for objects left by tradesmen in 1926. i was amazed at the amount of ornamental plaster they abandoned along the perimeter of the "iron tent.” i found a crude wooden “tool” (possibly a makeshift square) next to a pile of unused hemp and a colorful “clown cigarettes” matchbook."</p>
  • <p>October 14, 2017 images and description courtesy of bldg. 51 archive and Urban Remains.</p> <p>“an afternoon documenting congress theater’s attic searching for objects left by tradesmen in 1926. i was amazed at the amount of ornamental plaster they abandoned along the perimeter of the "iron tent.” i found a crude wooden “tool” (possibly a makeshift square) next to a pile of unused hemp and a colorful “clown cigarettes” matchbook."</p>
  • <p>October 14, 2017 images and description courtesy of bldg. 51 archive and Urban Remains.</p> <p>“an afternoon documenting congress theater’s attic searching for objects left by tradesmen in 1926. i was amazed at the amount of ornamental plaster they abandoned along the perimeter of the "iron tent.” i found a crude wooden “tool” (possibly a makeshift square) next to a pile of unused hemp and a colorful “clown cigarettes” matchbook."</p>
  • <p>October 14, 2017 images and description courtesy of bldg. 51 archive and Urban Remains.</p> <p>“an afternoon documenting congress theater’s attic searching for objects left by tradesmen in 1926. i was amazed at the amount of ornamental plaster they abandoned along the perimeter of the "iron tent.” i found a crude wooden “tool” (possibly a makeshift square) next to a pile of unused hemp and a colorful “clown cigarettes” matchbook."</p>
  • <p>“The primary entry/exit point to access congress theater’s attic dome is a suspended wood catwalk.” Photo credit & courtesy of the bldg. 51 archive. Description credit Urban Remains.</p>
  • <p>photo from The Chicago Architectural Center</p>
  • <p>Congress, Chicago, Illinois</p>
  • <p>The CONGRESS Theatre auditorium on February 6, 2023. Photo: Colin Boyle</p>
  • <p>Hoyburn Theatre, Evanston, IL in 1916</p>
  • <p>The main theater in July of 2004</p>
  • <p>1938 photo courtesy of Sherry Drew.</p>
  • <p>1979 photo credit Dale Wickum.</p>