Lincoln Village 1-6

6341 McCormick Boulevard,
Chicago, IL 60659

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Previously operated by: Brotman & Sherman Theaters, Cineplex Odeon, Loews Cineplex, Village Theatres

Functions: Storage

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Lincoln Village 1-6

This cinema opened June 29, 1989 as an addition to the orignal Lincoln Village cinema that had three screens.

The first movies to show at Lincoln Village 1-6 were “The Karate Kid Part III”, (on two screens), “Do The Right Thing”, “Great Balls of Fire”, and “Batman” (on two screens).

When the new six screen building opened, the original triplex changed from the Lincoln Village 1-3 to the 7-9. In the early 2000’s, the former Lincoln Village 7-9 was closed and demolished, replaced by a Borders Bookstore. In late-2005, the Lincoln Village 1-6 was sold by Loews to the Village Theatres chain.

The Lincoln Village was acquired by FunAsia, a chain featuring Bollywood films, in May of 2008. However, by December 2008, the theater was closed.

Contributed by Aaron wood

Recent comments (view all 187 comments)

Life's Too Short
Life's Too Short on July 29, 2012 at 4:22 pm

I don’t understand all the activity that took place around this property: it closing, the parking lot being closed off, the Jewish Center supposedly converting it. Somehow it all seems kind of weird. Hopefully something good will come out of all this. Right now it must be a mess inside.

rivest266
rivest266 on November 23, 2014 at 7:26 pm

June 29th, 1989 grand opening ad in photo section.

Paul Fortini
Paul Fortini on February 9, 2015 at 7:55 pm

The above states that the LV was previously operated by Brotman & Sherman Theaters. I thought Cineplex-Odeon built and originally operated this theatre.

RickB
RickB on April 22, 2015 at 11:00 pm

Alderman has OKd a plan to convert the theater into a storage facility and turn its parking lot into a park. DNAInfo story here.

Paul Fortini
Paul Fortini on September 26, 2015 at 12:42 pm

Interesting plan to convert this former movie house into a storage facility. It looks like the building’s basic shape will be retained. As I’ve said before, this was a theater that should have done well.

Tim O'Neill
Tim O'Neill on September 26, 2015 at 1:52 pm

Paul Fortini: Brotman & Sherman operated the original LV; which would later get triplexed by Essaness Theatres. The LV 1-6 was build by CO.

Life's Too Short
Life's Too Short on July 13, 2016 at 6:00 pm

Passed by yesterday and saw the conversion underway. There is a large hole in the north wall. It is nice that something is finally being done with this property. It’s been an eyesore for quite some time. Uploaded three images to photos section.

alex35mm
alex35mm on June 25, 2017 at 11:42 pm

Complete tour of the Lincoln Village 6’s projection booth during its final year of operation by an employee can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfXHovgb0dE

Interesting to note that this theater had dual ports and was designed for change overs in all 6 auditoriums but I’m not sure if it ever operated with out platters.

Life's Too Short
Life's Too Short on July 31, 2018 at 3:12 pm

Whatever they are doing to the building it is taking forever. Construction still continues. They are also using different colored brick to add on, which doesn’t seem like it will look very good.

Mike
Mike on January 9, 2023 at 2:38 am

I miss this theater. It was pretty great in the early 90s and last half of 1989 when it opened.

Interesting to see its Yelp page chronicling how far it’s fallen by the aughts:

https://www.yelp.com/biz/lincoln-village-cinemas-1-6-chicago

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