Since there aren’t enough podcasts in the world, I started one called “Chicago History Podcast” which you can find on Apple, Google, Spotify, and more. In episode one I cover this very theater. I’ll be posting some of the materials I found over the next few days. Have a listen!
I added a few articles from local papers about the Westmont Theatre which shows it existed as a cinema until late 1962 / early 1963 before the building was converted to a bank.
Short blurb from a Fire Engineering web site about the explosion: https://www.fireengineering.com/articles/print/volume-45/issue-19/features/picture-show-explosion-at-peoria.html
Since there aren’t enough podcasts in the world, I started one called “Chicago History Podcast” which you can find on Apple, Google, Spotify, and more. In episode one I cover this very theater. I’ll be posting some of the materials I found over the next few days. Have a listen!
I added a few articles from local papers about the Westmont Theatre which shows it existed as a cinema until late 1962 / early 1963 before the building was converted to a bank.
Here’s a mention of the Parkside along with some Lombard history:
http://www.dupagehistory.org/dupage_roots/Lombard_14.htm
Short blurb from a Fire Engineering web site about the explosion: https://www.fireengineering.com/articles/print/volume-45/issue-19/features/picture-show-explosion-at-peoria.html