tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post7737223138314767695..comments2024-03-23T09:42:36.833-05:00Comments on Uptown Update: Tantalizingly Close (But No Cigar) - 2015 Plan To Revive Uptown Theater ScuttledUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-45433358921736531952017-12-12T19:54:59.917-06:002017-12-12T19:54:59.917-06:00I think a renovated Uptown will host shows similar...I think a renovated Uptown will host shows similar to the Chicago Thester, and not those currently hosted by Aragon or Riviera. IF, and that is a huge IF, a demolition permit was ever applied for, so many people from around the country would protest it. My biggest fear would be something like fire doing even more damage. The lobby is actually really nice still. Brianbobcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17762299406023279109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-7252011817050661732017-12-11T12:56:53.247-06:002017-12-11T12:56:53.247-06:00You've got the grandest theater in American si...You've got the grandest theater in American sitting in the middle of a crime infested rathole at a time when Hollywood and movie theaters are dying and the hottest shows in the neighborhood are Hispanic boy bands at the Aragon Brawlroom. As much as I treasure the Uptown as the biggest time capsule ever, I can't imagine anything in its future besides destruction.Crustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01265326108074749523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-62622798029192340372017-12-09T13:24:14.710-06:002017-12-09T13:24:14.710-06:00Interesting. Too bad Rahmbo funded the Depaul Are...Interesting. Too bad Rahmbo funded the Depaul Arena before this. Depaul Arena is not actually as bad a deal as pundits suggest. There's a need for a domed stadium at McCormick Place. <br /><br />Sadly, it should have been the renovated Soldier Field and not the new arena. Daley blew that one. <br /><br />Rahm oh Rahm. Why focus your rabbit like attention span on an express train to O'Hare when something simpler, less expensive and more glorious is so tantalizingly doable? <br /><br />The world's largest and most glorious movie theater/concert venue will garner him more of the accolades and attention he desires than an express train that mimics what dozens of other major cities already have.<br /><br />Imagine the Emmy Awards hosted at the Uptown. The Golden Globes. The IrishPirate Film Festival known as the "I Pee" for short.<br /><br />The Grand Reopening of Uptown Fundraiser featuring Harrison Ford as the Master of Ceremonies and Dan Akroyd introducing "The Blues Brothers" to a packed house at $1000-5000 a ticket. Followed by "Call Northside 777" introduced by a giant Rabbit mocking the Jimmy Stewart character.<br /><br />Perhaps and this is a stretch given our winter weather The Academy Awards being hosted at the Uptown. <br /><br />It's too bad Prince Harry is getting married soon or he could hold his nuptials there. Ok, I could see some flack for it NOT being Britain and all but we could declare it the UK Embassy for the day. Ok, ok, I admit that won't happen. <br /><br />Seriously, the Capplemaniac will have to and will keep plugging away at this and eventually it will be renovated and reopened. I hope it happens within the next few years, but perhaps it will happen later after he's racked up a few more electoral wins and grey hairs. <br /><br />The arc of history is long and tends toward justice.......I've been in Uptown for three decades+.....a few more years ain't, LIKELY, gonna kill me. <br /><br />IrishPiratehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11339255909419333238noreply@blogger.com