Granada Theater Collection, 1925-1987

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  • IdentificationPUBLIC "-//The Art Institute of Chicago::Ryerson and Burnham Art and Architecture Archives//TEXT(US::ICA::1990.6::GRANADA THEATER COLLECTION, 1925-1987//EN)" "ica199006.xml"
  • TitleGranada Theater Collection, 1925-1987
  • PublisherArt Institute of Chicago Archives, Research Center, The Art Institute of Chicago,
  • Language
    • English.
    • English
  • Date1925-1987
  • Physical Description
    • 0.1 linear feet 1 portfolio and flatfile materials
    • Black and white photographic prints and architectural reprographic prints.
  • RepositoryRyerson and Burnham Art and Architecture Archives, The Art Institute of Chicago 111 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60603-6110 archives@artic.edu https://www.artic.edu/archival-collections
  • AbstractArchitectural drawings and photographs documenting the Granada Theater in Chicago, Illinois, designed by architects Levy and Klein in 1925.
  • OriginationWatts, Daniel D.
  • LocationThe collection is housed in the Art Institute of Chicago Archives’ on-site stacks.

The Granada Theater, located at 6427 N. Sheridan Road in Chicago, Illinois, was designed by Edward E. Eichenbaum for Levy and Klein Architects. The building opened in 1926 and continued to operate as a movie theater into the mid-1970s. The theater was demolished in 1989. Daniel D. Watts was active in the " Save Granada Theater Committee," founded in the mid-1980s when the theater was threatened with demolition.

The photographs were taken circa 1987, to be used both as documentary resources and as publicity to attract support for the theater's renovation. Unless otherwise stamped, the photographs were taken by Daniel D. Watts and printed by Michael F. Williams. The collection also includes a small group of architectural working drawings for the theater, store and loft building. The drawings are not the final " as built" set.

Photographs are collected in Series I. Series II contains the architectural drawings, listed in order of sheet number, as indicated in parentheses.

  • Subject
    • Granada Theater (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Granada Theater (Chicago, Ill.)--History--Sources.
    • Motion picture theaters--Illinois--Chicago--History--Sources.
  • Names
    • Eichenbaum, Edward E.
    • Levy and Klein, Architects.

Flatf.

n.d.

Portfolio

Photographs of demolition of the Granada Theater, Chicago (Ill.), 1990 (Chicago History Museum).

Photographs of the Granada Theater, Chicago (Ill.), 1989 (Chicago History Museum).

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Granada Theater Collection, Ryerson and Burnham Art and Architecture Archives, The Art Institute of Chicago.

This collection was donated to the Ryerson and Burnham Archives by Daniel D. Watts in 1990.

The collection was processed by staff of the Ryerson and Burnham Archives. This finding aid was revised and expanded by Annemarie van Roessel in 2002.