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  • <p>Photo credit LeRoy Blommaert.</p>
  • <p>Deluxe marquee in the background in 1951. Photo courtesy of Mike Tuggle.</p>
  • <p>Mezzanine, August 2006</p>
  • <p>Staff in box office of Nortown, taken by manager Andy Gregory. Gave copies to all of us. I am the one in front Paul is putting horns on.</p>
  • <p>I took this in ‘76 from over the railing outside the balcony doors, looking down.</p>
  • <p>2015 removal of the Alvin marquee.<br>Photo credit Joe Salas.</p>
  • <p>View through the front arched window of the Mars Theater (originally the Logan Square Theatre) on Milwaukee south of the Square under demolition during the Blue Line extension in 1968-1969. It’s site was most recently used as a parking lot for the Discount Mega Mall. The building visible at the left across the street is current the home of Sparrow. Photo credit Dennis Popiela. Copy credit Logan Square Preservation Facebook page.</p>
  • <p>2003 photo credit Adam Martin Collection.</p>
  • <p>Norshore Theatre, Chicago, IL in 1926 - View from Balcony at top of main stairway overlooking Grand Lobby</p>
  • <p>Norshore Theatre Chicago Illinois A damaged photo</p>
  • <p>1960 pending demolition photo via Chris Carson.</p>
  • <p>Circa 1950 photo credit Yesterday’s Trails Historical Photos.</p>
  • <p>Emma Cohen with a front for “Hitchin' Posts” in 1920 at the Casino Theatre in Chicago.</p>
  • <p>Photo credit Mike Stillman.</p>
  • <p>Circa 1910 postcard image credit & courtesy LeRoy Blommaert, Edgewater Historical Society.</p>
  • <p>Auditorium side view with shallow mezzanine</p>
  • <p>View towards stage from center of mezzanine</p>
  • <p>Rear wall of main floor below mezzanine</p>
  • <p>October 14, 2017 images and description courtesy of bldg. 51 archive and Urban Remains.</p> <p>“an afternoon documenting congress theater’s attic searching for objects left by tradesmen in 1926. i was amazed at the amount of ornamental plaster they abandoned along the perimeter of the "iron tent.” i found a crude wooden “tool” (possibly a makeshift square) next to a pile of unused hemp and a colorful “clown cigarettes” matchbook."</p>