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WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - On Tuesday, Wichita’s City Council will consider whether the 96-year-old Crown Uptown Theatre should ...
The long-awaited, $75 million restoration of the 93-year-old Uptown Theatre — among the highest profile historic rehabs in the city’s history — will begin next summer, Chicago’s Community ...
The Uptown Theatre in Chicago on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. The city of Chicago has put together a $75 million plan to restore the venue to its previous glory.
If you stand at the corner of Lawrence Avenue and Broadway in the Uptown neighborhood, you’ll see two famous Chicago music venues: the Riviera Theatre and the Green Mill.
At the intersection of Lawrence, Racine and Broadway in Uptown, the massive, once-grand Uptown Theatre, a shuttered movie palace that has awaited restoration for nearly 40 years, is slowly ...
"The Uptown Theatre is a landmark for Uptown but a Chicago attraction and that's what today is about," said Emanuel. Opened in 1925, the Uptown was arguably the grandest movie palace ever built.
Commission approves $13 million in TIF assistance and a $1 land sale on Lawrence Avenue to support the $75 million restoration of the Uptown Theatre. Work on the granddaddy of all American movie ...
The movie theater at 1120 Lawrence St. is still going strong and is in the same family, owned and operated by Thompson’s grandson, Rick Wiley. The athletic field — now known as Memorial Field — is ...
In the heart of Uptown, an energetic ethnic and economic diversity brings the intersection at Lawrence Avenue and Broadway to life. Walk down either street and you may just hear any of the more tha… ...
In addition to the Uptown Theatre project, a $6 million upgrade to portions of Broadway, Lawrence, Wilson and Argyle with a new pedestrian plaza, sculpture and public stage is nearly complete.
After being closed for three years, the Uptown Theatre has finally set a reopening date. In May, the historic movie theater will officially reopen as a live entertainment venue. Swervo Development ...
Two other iconic concert venues—the Riviera Theatre and the Aragon Ballroom—are located across Lawrence Avenue and Broadway, respectively.