Uptown Chicago Resources
Historic Theatres & Movie Palaces of Balaban and Katz
The Granada Theatre — A Series of Photos Taken Prior to Its Demise
To view each photo in this series, simply click the “Next Image” or “Previous Image” links below. You may also go to Granada Theatre for a directory of all the images in this series.
From ground floor, looking east into main lobby space. When compared against Bruce Sharp’s photo, taken just two years before, the rate of damage is striking. Many decorative elements had been stripped and some of the columns were heavily damaged. Image courtesy Historic American Buildings Survey ILL,16-CHIG,109-10.
