Hidden Chicago

Geoffrey Baer takes us inside a decaying West Side building that was once Chicago's first movie palace. He also explores several better-known theaters where, 80 years ago, Chicagoans enjoyed silent films in style.

[@lordrobert12]

Please restore the Central Park Theater!!

[@sharonfauber2118]

Beautiful💜

[@sharonfauber2118]

I loved the old theaters

[@mzrozzie]

Sadly the theater in the first part the Central Park theater was demolished several years ago. :(

[@repairdrive]

mzrozzie It was?? 🙁

[@mantisxxx3656]

That's a real shame.

[@gintasindreika933]

Theatre archivist Richard Sklenar passed away in 2022.

[@ilahildasissac1943]

I did not know movie houses had daycare.

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I live in Uptown.