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elnino103083 commented about Rialto Theatre on Apr 30, 2008 at 9:45 am

No, I only go to school out here. When I’m not attending classes at Augustana I call Barrington, Illinois home.

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elnino103083 commented about Rialto Theatre on Apr 30, 2008 at 9:13 am

Its for a historical geography class I am taking at Augustana. I need to get an old-timey picture of the 9th Street business district, then get a contemporary picture from the same spot, and explain how the region has changed in a short essay.

I chose the 600 block of the 9th Street Business district simply because I found from old newspapers that this block lost 11 of its 14 businesses between 1963 and 1983, and I wanted to figure out why this happened. I have not found any pictures in my searches so far, as city hall’s oldest pictures from the region date to the building of the King Center(after the Rialto was razed) and I only found one picturelessarticle from 1993 in my searches at the Rock Island library. Again, if you can provide me with any assistance, I would be grateful.

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elnino103083 commented about Rialto Theatre on Apr 29, 2008 at 6:57 pm

pogey41-

I am doing a historical geography project on that area. Do you think you could email whatever pictures you find there to ? It would be a terrific help to me if you could.

Thank you in advance.