Uptown Theatre (also known as Balaban and Katz Uptown Theatre) is a currently closed movie palace and concert venue located in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.

Apr 13, 2024 · Owners hope for full restoration of Chicago's Uptown Theatre 02:34. CHICAGO (CBS) -- The Uptown Theatre opened in 1925 as a movie and Vaudeville house for the Balaban & Katz movie...

The Uptown Theatre was the largest movie palace in Chicago, larger than any in the entertainment hub within the Chicago downtown known as ‘The Loop’, and according to the Theatre Historical Society of America list, was the 12th largest movie palaces ever built in …

The renovated theater is planned as a centerpiece of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s long-promised revitalized Uptown music district, which will also include the Aragon Ballroom, the Riviera Theatre, the Green Mill jazz lounge and the Uptown Underground cabaret.

Jan 26, 2025 · In December 2018, the city of Chicago unveiled a $75 million plan for the long-awaited restoration of the Uptown Theatre, a stunning 1925 entertainment venue with an incomparably gorgeous...

The Uptown Theatre on Cinema Treasures. Watch Regina Spektor in her “Black and White” music video. Green Mill Cocktail Lounge. Aragon Ballroom. The Uptown Theatre was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 and was designated a Chicago Landmark in 1991. Poster From the Year 2000 Event:

The Uptown Theatre has thousands of fans who fervently hope the building can reopen in the future as part of the Uptown Entertainment District, with its ever expanding bar, restaurant and cabaret scene along Broadway.

Jun 19, 2024 · With the opening of the Balaban & Katz Corporation’s massive new theater at 4816 North Broadway, local residents and merchants could take pride in the fact that their neighborhood had a movie palace even larger than the Chicago Theatre, the Uptown Theatre’s downtown sister.

Leftover from an extinct era and useless in modern society, the Uptown Theatre has done just that. Closed in 1981, the 85-year old movie palace has sat in decay on Chicago’s North Side. This film explores the history of the Uptown and why the biggest and arguably most elaborate movie theatre in the country has been left vacant for almost ...

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