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Admiral Theatre

2003 Photo from the Adam Martin collection.

3940 W Lawrence Ave
Chicago IL

	Record #11055
Opened: March 31, 1927 Closed: Yes (date unknown) Current Use: Night Club Demolished:	Capacity: 1999 seats Architect(s): Gallup & Joy Architectural Style(s): National Register: Current Organ: none
Also Known As:
Previously operated by: GCS Circuit, Balaban & Katz

Information for this tour was contributed by Darren Snow.

Opened as a vaudeville house, the Admiral was closed from the early 1950s to May 1969, when it reopened as a cartoons-only (!) cinema, switching over to adult films in June. It's now a "gentlemen's club."

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February 2003 photos from the Adam Martin collection.

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Last featured 4/18/2003. Last edited 7/23/2022.

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