Congress Theater
The Congress Theater is a historic movie palace in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago. Fridstein and Company designed it in 1926 for the movie theater operator Lubliner and Trinz.Photo: ThomasIrvin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Congress2135, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Commercial building
- Description: historic movie palace in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States; live music venue
- Also known as: “Cine Mexico” and “Teatro Azteca”
- Address: 2115-2139 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include California station and The Fireside Bowl.
California station
Metro station
Photo: Nico Brussels, CC BY-SA 3.0.
California is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Blue Line, From California, trains run every 2–7 minutes during rush-hour periods, and take 12 minutes to reach the Loop. California station is situated 1,400 feet northwest of Congress Theater.
The Fireside Bowl
Bowling alley
Photo: Cosmo1976, Public domain.
Fireside Bowl is a bowling alley and music venue established in the 1940s, located at 2648 West Fullerton Ave in Logan Square, Chicago, Illinois. The Fireside Bowl is situated 1,900 feet north of Congress Theater.
Margie’s Candies
Ice cream parlor
Photo: Zagalejo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Margie’s Candies is the name of two popular confectioneries on the north side of Chicago. Owned by the same family, each one is part candy store and part sit-down ice cream parlor. Margie’s Candies is situated 1,600 feet southeast of Congress Theater.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Logan-Bucktown and Wicker Park.
Logan-Bucktown
Photo: Jeff Hottinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Logan Square is an expansive neighborhood with sweeping boulevards on Chicago's West Side. It shares a wealth of dive bars and cheap rock venues with Bucktown, which becomes a high-fashion destination when close to Wicker Park.
Wicker Park
Photo: Victorgrigas, Public domain.
Wicker Park is the vanguard of music, nightlife, and fashion in Chicago. This article also includes the sly, enjoyable Ukrainian Village, immediately south, and pieces of the greater West Town area.
West Town
Suburb
Photo: Adam63, CC BY-SA 3.0.
West Town is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States, located on the northwest of the Loop. Much of this area was historically part of Polish Downtown, along Western Avenue, which was then the city's western boundary.
Congress Theater
- Categories: movie theater, music venue, building, and office
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.92023° or 41° 55′ 13″ northLongitude
-87.69224° or 87° 41′ 32″ westOpen location code
86HJW8C5+34OpenStreetMap ID
way 209401150OpenStreetMap feature
building=commercialWikidata ID
Q2993017
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Congress Theater” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Congress Theater”
- French: “Congress Theater”
- German: “Congress Theater”
- Persian: “تئاتر کونگرس”
- Portuguese: “Anfiteatro Congress”
- Portuguese: “Congress Theater”
- Spanish: “Congress Theater”
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