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Watch Broadway "Transform" From Crew 27 Aug 2013 | 01:14 am
A note from Crew Bar, located at 4804 N Broadway: "The movie Transformers 4 will be filming in Uptown. Crew is right in the middle of the action. Come out and see a Hollywood film take shape. W...
A Nod to the Namesakes: Graeme Stewart and Joseph Stockton 27 Aug 2013 | 12:58 am
Since CPS has closed Stewart School and stripped the name off Stockton, the honors accorded their namesakes so long ago are disappearing. For the record: Graeme Stewart was a prominent Chicago busine...
What Now For Stewart School? 27 Aug 2013 | 12:20 am
It's a sad day for those who have fond memories of Graeme Stewart School. For the first time since 1908, children won't be flocking into the building on the first day of school. Due to declining enr...
From 1926 To Transformers 26 Aug 2013 | 05:06 am
click to enlarge This is what part of the lobby of the Uptown Theater looked like in 1926, the year after it opened. Could they have possibly envisioned the day that hundred-million-dollar movies ex...
Don't Mess With The Reservoir 26 Aug 2013 | 02:23 am
A reader relates another incident of Uptowners not sitting idly by when crime takes place: "[Thursday] night while dining at the Reservoir, I witnessed an attempted theft. Two young men ran by and st...
Guesthouse Grows 26 Aug 2013 | 02:18 am
Construction on the third building of the Andersonville Guesthouse, located at 4872 North Clark, is going fast. The addition will add 15 units to the hotel. You can read more about it here and see m...
Having A Blast At The Uptown 25 Aug 2013 | 03:06 am
Thank you to the reader who took this photo and says: "Pretty cool props going inside the Uptown Theatre!" In case anyone missed it, this is a Hollywood piece of rubble and part of Transformers 4.
Just In Time For The School Year 24 Aug 2013 | 11:11 am
Well, the sign makes it official: Joseph Stockton School is no more. The students will now attend Courtenay Language Arts Center in the same building, at 4420 North Beacon.
Cool Relief In Hot Weather, 1926 Style 24 Aug 2013 | 03:34 am
click to enlarge A magazine ad from 1926, the year after the Uptown Theater opened, from the company that provided the air conditioning for it and 13 (13!) other grand Chicago theaters. "You KNOW yo...
Even More Filming? 24 Aug 2013 | 01:01 am
But Wait, There's More! A reader writes in to say: "I live around Sheridan and Irving, and use the Sheridan L stop frequently. This morning, there were two smaller grip trucks parked outside the She...
