As part of the Chicago Architectural Open House weekend, I waited in line for 2+ hours to see the Uptown Theater. It hasn’t been open to the public for 45 years due to lack of funds and red tape. So gorgeous!! This is what the billionaires should be saving with their money.

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For decades I've been obsessed with the Balaban & Katz movie palaces of the 1920s, and today I got to experience a dream I've been waiting for since the day I moved to Chicago, a chance to tour the Uptown Theater. I've been all over the world and not sure I've seen something so personally grand.

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They gave up stopping people from taking photos

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It was great to see thousands of people inside the Uptown Theatre during Open House Chicago — so many expressions of awe and wonder.

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Feeling like a sucker for abiding by the ‘no photography’ rule at the Uptown Theater yesterday

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