tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post156441682092691178..comments2023-04-01T06:34:38.141-05:00Comments on Hyde Park Progress: New Five–Screen Movie Theater Coming to 53rd Streetchicago pophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17055796523227869734noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-85093509536896256952011-03-01T12:35:55.898-06:002011-03-01T12:35:55.898-06:00At last an excuse to post this to HPP. Here:
http:...At last an excuse to post this to HPP. Here:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaT0DbLYxWk" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaT0DbLYxWk</a>David Farleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13470344472613171012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-57769585717425050362011-02-28T23:12:06.590-06:002011-02-28T23:12:06.590-06:00I think I found it more traumatic to sit through K...I think I found it more traumatic to sit through Kirk Douglas singing "A Whale of a Tale" about Mermaid Minnie dumping him for a trout. That scene was before the giant squid.....<br /><br />Adding to the theater list:<br />Shore - 75th near Yates. I'm less certain on this one.Richard Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02773215580457414540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-77724944413443193162011-02-28T14:58:39.984-06:002011-02-28T14:58:39.984-06:00I spent many a happy Saturday at the Hamilton and ...I spent many a happy Saturday at the Hamilton and the Jeffrey, and a few at the Avalon, too. The Hamilton was where I was traumatized by "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", so much so that I won't eat calamari to this day!<br /><br />The Avalon has been through a couple of incarnations as the Regal, and is a Chicago Landmark.Lilithcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00165155867167277588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-76146693017349121272011-02-27T15:05:53.384-06:002011-02-27T15:05:53.384-06:00Walgreen's also has a Redbox now, for people w...Walgreen's also has a Redbox now, for people who like to stand in line watching other people fiddle around because they can't decide what movie they want to watch.David Farleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13470344472613171012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-79848757750429770052011-02-27T14:01:55.187-06:002011-02-27T14:01:55.187-06:00Among the dear departed movie theaters of yore tha...Among the dear departed movie theaters of yore that were in the present 5th Ward:<br /><br />Hamilton— 71st & Merrill<br />Jeffery*— 71st & Jeffery<br />Maryland— 63rd & Maryland<br />Jackson Park— 67th & Stony Island<br />Stony— 69th & Stony Island<br /><br />* Saturday mornings - 30 cartoons.<br /><br />On the ward's fringes:<br /><br />Chelten— 79th @ Exchange<br />Avalon— 79th @ Stony Island<br /><br />Others, anyone?Richard Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02773215580457414540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-91101538134170599252011-02-27T13:15:38.218-06:002011-02-27T13:15:38.218-06:00@ David Farley -
Not everyone uses Netflix, you k...@ David Farley -<br /><br />Not everyone uses Netflix, you know. For those of us who enjoy making a spontaneous decision to go see a film, having a theatre nearby, particularly one with a mix of films, will be a godsend.<br /><br />I will, however, continue to miss Hollywood Video.Lilithcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00165155867167277588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-90697361731371877122011-02-27T10:25:39.192-06:002011-02-27T10:25:39.192-06:00Yeah, I was totally into that concept.Yeah, I was totally into that concept.chicago pophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17055796523227869734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-74134743710309642472011-02-27T00:46:24.446-06:002011-02-27T00:46:24.446-06:00I hardly see the need for another movie theater in...I hardly see the need for another movie theater in Hyde Park when we have Netflix. But how about a bar that also has arcade games? That would be neat!David Farleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13470344472613171012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-65801509628358680322011-02-26T21:49:24.667-06:002011-02-26T21:49:24.667-06:00And they may be working together.And they may be working together.chicago pophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17055796523227869734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-41573360388893623372011-02-26T20:11:47.495-06:002011-02-26T20:11:47.495-06:00There's already a nice "movie theater&quo...There's already a nice "movie theater" in the 5th Ward called Doc Films.David Farleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13470344472613171012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-23332464475045222072011-02-26T04:34:40.493-06:002011-02-26T04:34:40.493-06:00Well, aside from being tongue-in-cheek -- and I...Well, aside from being tongue-in-cheek -- and I'm rather in favor of Hyde Park being integrally represented in a single city ward -- the dispatch with which the University is moving on 53rd Street has everything to do with the negative experience of Doctors Hospital (5th Ward). A negative experience in which, like a few others, a number of 5th Ward residents played outsized roles. Thankfully, that kind of nonsense is not shaping up on 53rd St -- and I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be tolerated if it did.<br /><br />So, to the extent that we're forced to live within these artificial ward divisions, they do make a difference. The vitality of the neighborhood will shift away from the residential 5th, NIMBY heartland and seat of a NIMBY alderman, to the more Chicago and commercially-oriented 4th. And there may indeed be an empty movie theater in the 5th, I don't know.chicago pophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17055796523227869734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-42279863440958945082011-02-25T23:43:36.205-06:002011-02-25T23:43:36.205-06:00Splendid. But I don't know why you have to tur...Splendid. But I don't know why you have to turn this into a 4th Ward vs. 5th Ward thing. Is there an abandoned movie theatre in the 5th ward I don't know about?Lilithcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00165155867167277588noreply@blogger.com