Day-cay #1: Uptown Neighborhood Chicago

Uptown Map

Uptown Theater

Monday's bike ride to Borders in "Uptown" brought me to the corner where three of the largest theaters in the country are all visible. (From the Starbucks corner).

1. Uptown Theater, 2. Aragon Ballroom, and 3. Riviera Theater.

Note: The landmark
Uptown Theater is second largest only to Radio City Music Hall in the U.S.! It is in various stages of renovation. The iron grating has sections missing where the individual letters used to spell out "U-P-T-O-W-N" (running down the right side). Click to Enlarge.
FYI: This is across the street from where Universal filmed the bank robbery scene from

"Public Enemies" starring Johnny Depp, last summer. Click title to check out the Uptown Theatre Group.

Uptown Borders

The Uptown Borders Books is in another classic landmark building in Uptown - the old Goldblatts (remember them) building! This is the ultimate Borders in Chicago, as far as trying to get the look and feel of the 'hood down, while invading it, at the same time. It's right across the street from the Uptown Theater. And right next door to another classic icon - The Riviera Theater.



Wanna see what it looked like back then?

Some Photos I Took of Uptown

Uptown Theater	Uptown Theater	Full Uptown Theater
Aragon Ballroom	Borders Books	Borders Books
Borders	Riviera Theater	Riviera Theater looking W
Uptown Bank	Uptown Bank	Uptown Bank
Uptown Corner	Uptown Starbucks (Lawrence & Clark)	Formerly Uptown Bank (St'ucks in here)
Old Uptown Natl Bank Lobby	Filming Public Enemies	Filming Public Enemies (Newport & Clark)
Filming Public Enemies (Newport & Clark)	Filming Public Enemies (Newport & Clark)	Filming Public Enemies (Newport & Clark)
Filming Public Enemies (Newport & Clark)	Filming Public Enemies (Newport & Clark)