tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post6756935166594072557..comments2024-03-23T09:42:36.833-05:00Comments on Uptown Update: WGN & CLTV Visit The Uptown Theater This WeekUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-45377163880924809492014-01-17T12:02:26.838-06:002014-01-17T12:02:26.838-06:00I was lucky enough to so Springsteen, the Dead, J....I was lucky enough to so Springsteen, the Dead, J. Geils and Elton John there back in the day. Springsteen rocked so hard, the balcony was actually moving during Rosalita. Shame to see it wasting away.bbisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00883220143618857444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-61734785979607716122013-05-14T10:47:50.137-05:002013-05-14T10:47:50.137-05:00I'm sure this wasn't coordinated without D...I'm sure this wasn't coordinated without Da Mare's office involved.<br /><br />Could this be the precursor to the announcement of the renovation with a date to coincide with the Wilson El?C.P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00563404425666337011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-79344927280971625962013-05-12T21:38:45.041-05:002013-05-12T21:38:45.041-05:00Did anybody get a chance to pick up this awesome p...Did anybody get a chance to pick up this awesome print from CB2 (Uptown Theatre Print):<br /><br />http://reviews.cb2.com/7259/7861/palace-print-reviews/reviews.htm<br /><br />No longer available as they rotate art often. Also was a top rated item. So cool.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11062340516954732761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-87095987237799641302013-05-12T15:43:56.094-05:002013-05-12T15:43:56.094-05:00I live on Broadway near Leland an plan on being he...I live on Broadway near Leland an plan on being here for a long time. Stories like The Bleacher Preacher posted give me hope that Uptown can - and will - rise again (while maintaining it's current character.) Politics and complaints aside, I see and feel great things in the future of our neighborhood!BroadwayResidenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13524586544722459741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-12158106737545300632013-05-12T14:57:39.087-05:002013-05-12T14:57:39.087-05:00I grew up in Albany Park and had an Aunt who live ...I grew up in Albany Park and had an Aunt who live in Uptown. I often visited my cousins taking the big red wooden streetcar to the begining of the line at Broadway and Lawrence. We went to all the neighborhood theaters.The Ardmore,Parkside,Rivera and the Uptown. The Greenmill on the corner and Nelson Brother's furniture down at the other end of the block.And next to the theater was a karmel Korn shop. It was still a grand theater. I remember seeing "30Seconds over Tokyo" there in 1943. The Uptown played the movies after they left downtown,and after the Uptown thery were shown at the Terminal. I remember when they showed BOXING Heavy weight title fights on a special live broadcast Between Sugar Ray Robinson and Joey Maxim. It was so hot-Referee Ruby Goldsteine got K.O. by the heat. It did not sell out and tickets were going for 50 cents each including a movie. The Marring Kind with Judy Holiday and Aldo Ray in 1952. I remember walking out on the movie because Holiday and Ray had cartoon like voices! I miss the old Uptown Neighborhood. There was a Peter Pan Hamburger place on the N.E. corner of Lawrence that closed after serving horsemeat. The Uptown Bank on the S.E side was one of the windiest corners in Chicago. The Glass Phesant resturant was the only nearby Chinese food around. A large Yarnell Chevey car lot Broadway and Ainslie One of the first Pizza Places in the early 50s was at Argyle & Broadway and they threw the dough in the air in the front window. Streetcars ran on Broadway.Jerry Pritikin aka The Bleacher Preacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07540899434941104842noreply@blogger.com