The Chicago Theater, also known as the Balaban and Katz Chicago Theater, is a famous theater landmark located on North State Street in the Loop community area in the city of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The theater is host to stage plays, magic shows, comedy performances, speeches, and concerts. Although it now emphasizes live performances of popular music, it once served as a motion picture theatre. For several decades, it was the city’s premier movie theater. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 6, 1979,[6] and it was listed as a Chicago Landmark on January 28, 1983. The marquee is a Chicago cultural and physical landmark that commonly appears in film, television, artwork, and photography. Chicago tourist landmarks.
GPS tourist coordinates: 41° 53′ 7″ N, 87° 37′ 40″ W
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