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November 25, 1916. ( 1916-11-25) Architect. Fred Prather. Website. Venue Website. Park West (originally the Lane Court Theatre) is a concert venue located in Chicago, Illinois. The theater opened in 1916 as a vaudeville and movie theater by the Ascher Brothers. Currently, it can house up to 1,000 guests in a general admission setting.
The Blues Brothers is a 1980 American musical action comedy film directed by John Landis. [ 4] It stars John Belushi as "Joliet" Jake Blues and Dan Aykroyd as his brother Elwood, characters developed from the recurring musical sketch "The Blues Brothers" on NBC 's variety series Saturday Night Live. The script is set in and around Chicago ...
The Patio Theater is a music venue and movie theater located at 6008 W. Irving Park Road on the northwest side of Chicago, Illinois in the Portage Park neighborhood. The building was built in 1927 as a movie theater. Chris Bauman took over the operations of Patio Theater in 2018 and became owner by the end of 2019.
Menard Correctional Center. John Wayne Gacy (March 17, 1942 – May 10, 1994) was an American serial killer and sex offender who raped, tortured, and murdered at least 33 young men and boys in Norwood Park Township, near Chicago, Illinois. He became known as the Killer Clown due to his public performances as a clown prior to the discovery of ...
Maxwell Street is an east–west street in Chicago, Illinois, that intersects with Halsted Street just south of Roosevelt Road. It runs at 1330 South in the numbering system running from 500 West to 1126 West. [1] The Maxwell Street neighborhood is considered part of the Near West Side and is one of the city's oldest residential districts.
2398846. Website. evergreenpark-ill .com. Evergreen Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. In 2020, the population was 19,943. [ 3] The village shares a border with the city of Chicago on the north, east, and south sides; while also sharing a border with Oak Lawn on the west side.
17-80060. Website. www .westchicago .org. West Chicago is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 25,614 at the 2020 census. It was formerly named Junction and later Turner, after its founder, John B. Turner, president of the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad (G&CU) in 1855. [ 3] The city was initially established ...
Chicago police drag an anti-Vietnam war protester across Michigan Avenue on August 28, 1968, during the Democratic National Convention as the crowd chants "The whole world is watching". " The whole world is watching " was a phrase chanted by anti-Vietnam War demonstrators as they were beaten and arrested by police outside the Conrad Hilton ...