The UptownThe Uptown

"Chicago's Uptown Theatre, one of America's largest and most lavish movie palaces, has sat vacant for more than 40 years. For decades, few people have been let inside--to experience its grand lobby, its sweeping staircase, or its massive theater auditorium, which once showed Marx Brothers films and played host to Bruce Springsteen concerts. The Uptown: Chicago's Endangered Movie Palace gathers the work of a dozen contemporary photographers with vintage blueprints, renderings, programs, and classic photographs to tell the story of one of America's jewels"--