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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (2009 edition, part 7)
One of our quasi-regular e-mailers sent us this photograph of a satellite truck parked in front of the Esquire Theater the other day. Someone told her it was a reporter from Fox Business Channel,...
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New Plan for Chicago’s Old Esquire Theater
The Esquire Theater at 58 East Oak Street in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood. It’s been many months since we heard about anything happening with the old Esquire Theater (58 East Oak Street). Now,...
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Esquire Under Construction
Another big thanks to our Gold Coast Spy who e-mailed us this cameraphone shot of the construction on the Esquire Theater (58 East Oak Street). You’ll recall that after several years of being...
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Status Update: Esquire Theater
There’s lots of work going on on Oak Street, as the former Esquire Theater (58 East Oak Street) is hacked into storefronts and office space. As part of the project, the old Esquire sign is supposed...
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Briefly: Here Comes Pete, Block37, Rapid Buses
The Chicago Architecture Foundation has started a new web site to help students who are interested in architecture. According to the press release, “DiscoverDesign.org, an online tool that guides...
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Status Update: Esquire Theater
Our Gold Coast spy sent in a photo tip yesterday. It’s construction progress on the Esquire Theater (58 East Oak Street). The building is in the middle of a difficult conversion from slanty-floor...
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Status Update: Esquire Theater
Preservationists, avert your eyes. Based on the reaction we got the last time we published a photo of the former Esquire Theater (58 East Oak Street) with a small hole poked in it, these photos of...
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Status Update: Esquire Theater From Movie House to Steak House
The long-anticipated, much-worried-about conversion of the Esquire Theater (58 East Oak Street) from an historic movie house into a tasty steak house is moving along. Unfortunately, you might never...
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Three Old Gray Ladies Turn to Dust on Oak Street
The high-end retail scene that has for so long preserved the wonderful graystone buildings on Oak Street has eaten three of its wards. This past Friday we joined a small silent crowd of the curious,...
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Status Update: Esquire Steakhouse
The “theater” portion of the Esquire Theater Building (58 East Oak Street) is long gone, as its transformation continues into a high-end retail and restaurant complex. Much of the clutter has been...
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First Look Inside The Esquire Theater’s Del Frisco’s Steak House
The Esquire Theater’s sign has been completely rehabbed, and looks like new. For the third time in two weeks, we’re able to bring you a peek inside a new Chicago commercial establishment before it...
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