The Chicago Theatre [eng - sp]

During our visit to Chicago last month, one of the city's most iconic sites we wanted to stop by was the Chicago Theater.

The Chicago Theater building with its huge marquee is one of the landmarks of the city.

So the morning of our second day in Chicago, we walked to the Loop to see this building.

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In its beginnings, it was called Balaban and Katz Chicago Theatre after the company that managed its construction.

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The Street

The theater is located at 175 N State St in downtown. Its construction dates back to 1921.

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The Theatre Marquee

The theater's marquee is magnificent and a city landmark.

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The Building

The architectural style of the building is French Neo-Baroque.

We were told that the inside of the theater is beautiful but you could not enter the building without a ticket for a show or as part of a paid guided tour. In fact, the ticket booths face the outside of the building.

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In the evening

That same day in the evening we went back to the Loop and were able to take some more pictures and see the marquee lit at night.

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We were left with the desire to see the inside of the building but who knows, let's hope maybe someday we'll visit Chicago again and have the chance to go for a show.

Couch Place and the Nederlander

It is not part of the theater but very close to it, on a corner, we saw a pedestrian street called Coach Place. I took a picture of it because I was curious that it had a mural painted on one of its walls. However, we decided not to go near it because we thought some people were arguing and we continued on our way. But by chance, while looking for some information for this post, I found out that this alley is also called The Alley of Death because of a fateful event that happened in 1903 when a theater that was in that area burned down. If you are curious you can read about it here. And it turns out that there is now an urban legend that the alley is haunted. In the area of the theater that burned down is a theater built in 1926 that was called Oriental Theater and today is the Nedelander, which we passed by that evening while we were in the vicinity of the Chicago Theater. It also has a very striking marquee.

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And this was my little visit to Chicago's theater district in the Loop.

Thank you for reading!

! [Text In Spanish]
Durante nuestra visita a Chicago el mes pasado, uno de los lugares emblemáticos de la ciudad que no queríamos dejar de visitar es el Teatro Chicago.

El edificio del Teatro Chicago, con su enorme marquesina, es uno de los iconos de la ciudad.

Así que la mañana de nuestro segundo día en la ciudad, nos dirigimos al Loop para ver este edificio.

En sus inicios, se llamó Balaban and Katz Chicago Theatre por la compañía que gstionó su construcción.

La Calle

El teatro está situado en el 175 N State St, en el centro de la ciudad. Su construcción data de 1921.

La Marquesina

La marquesina del teatro es magnífica y un icono de la ciudad.

El Edificio

El estilo arquitectónico del edificio es neobarroco francés.

Nos dijeron que el interior del teatro es precioso, pero no se puede entrar en el edificio sin una entrada para un espectáculo o como parte de una visita guiada pagada. De hecho, las taquillas dan al exterior del edificio.

Al anochecer

Ese mismo día por la noche fuimos de nuevo al Loop y pudimos hacer algunas fotos más y ver la marquesina iluminada por la noche.

Nos quedamos con las ganas de ver el edificio por dentro pero quien sabe, tal vez algun dia sera.

Couch Place y el Nederlander

No forma parte del teatro pero muy cerca de él, en una esquina hay una calle peatonal llamada Coach Place. Le hice una foto porque me resultó curioso que tuviera un mural pintado en una de sus paredes. Sin embargo, decidimos no acercarnos porque nos pareció que había gente discutiendo y seguimos nuestro camino. Pero por casualidad mientras buscaba algo de información para este post, descubrí que a este callejón también se le llama El Callejón de la Muerte por un fatídico suceso que ocurrió en 1903 cuando se quemó un teatro que estaba en esa zona. Si tienes curiosidad puedes leer sobre ello aquí. Y resulta que ahora hay una leyenda urbana que dice que el callejón está embrujado. En la zona del teatro que se quemó hay un teatro construido en 1926 que se llamaba Teatro Oriental y hoy es el Nedelander por el que pasamos esa tarde mientras estábamos en las inmediaciones del Teatro Chicago y también tiene una marquesina muy llamativa.

Y esta fue mi pequeña visita al distrito teatral de Chicago, en el Loop.

Gracias por leer!

All images and writing are my own unless otherwise stated.

All the pictures I share here were taken on April 18, 2024. Some with my cellphone, an iPhone 8, and others with my hubby's phone an iPhone 12.

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May 23, 2024

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