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  2. Southport Theatre - Wikipedia

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    Floral Hall and Southport Theatre Comp. Southport Theatre was a theatre in Southport, England owned by Sefton Council. The theatre presented a programme of touring shows, opera and children's shows throughout the year. The theatre was also a popular choice for national and international conferences & exhibitions and underwent a £40m renovation ...

  3. Chicago Surface Lines - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago Surface Lines was primarily a trolley operation, with approximately 3100 streetcars on the roster at the time of the CTA takeover. [16] It purchased small lots of motor buses, [17] totaling 693 at the time of the CTA takeover, mostly consisting of smaller buses used on extension routes or to replace two-man streetcars on routes such as Hegewisch and 111th Street, because conductors ...

  4. Theater in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    In 1837, the first resident theater company, the short-lived Chicago Theater, opened in the Sauganash Hotel. One of the players was then a boy named Joseph Jefferson, who grew to become a very successful comedic actor. Chicago's main theater prize, the Joseph Jefferson award, is named after this pioneer.

  5. Fine Arts Building (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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    From 1912 to 1917, the Fine Arts Building housed the Chicago Little Theatre, an art theater credited with beginning the Little Theatre Movement in the United States. Not being able to afford rental on the building's 500-seat auditorium, co-producers Maurice Browne and Ellen Van Volkenburg rented a large storage space on the fourth floor at the back and built it out into a 91-seat house. [14]

  6. Music Box Theatre (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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    It was erected by The Blaine Building Corporation (the theater was originally going to be called The New Blaine Theater) and operated by Jacob Lasker and son, who operated several smaller neighborhood houses in Chicago, including the Bertha Theater and the Villas Theater. [8] As Chicago Tribune architectural critic Paul Gapp wrote (Arts and ...

  7. File:The Cars at The Riviera Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, 2011 ...

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    This file has an extracted image: The Cars at The Riviera Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, 2011-05-18 03 (cropped) Greg Hawkes.jpg. Camera location 41° 58′ 06.9″ N, 87° 39′ 43.38″ W

  8. CIBC Theatre - Wikipedia

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    CIBC Theatre is a performing arts theater located at 18 West Monroe Street in the Loop area of downtown Chicago. It is operated by Broadway In Chicago , part of the Nederlander Organization . Opened in 1906 as the Majestic Theatre , [ 1 ] it currently seats 1,800 and for many years has presented Broadway shows.

  9. Gold Coast Historic District (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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    Chicago Public Schools (CPS) operates public schools serving the community. [7] Ogden International School of Chicago has its East Campus, which houses elementary school, [8] in the Gold Coast. [9] Residents of the Gold Coast are zoned to Ogden School for grades K-8, [10] while for high school they are zoned to Lincoln Park High School. [11]