Historic but dilapidated Congress Theater get a lifeline
The lobby of the Congress Theater in Logan Square features a grand staircase that leads to the balcony. The theater closed in 2013 and is currently being renovated. Jason Marck / WBEZ
Historic but dilapidated Congress Theater get a lifeline
The lobby of the Congress Theater in Logan Square features a grand staircase that leads to the balcony. The theater closed in 2013 and is currently being renovated. Jason Marck / WBEZ

The City Council Finance Committee voted to provide a $27 million subsidy to a development team to renovate the Congress Theater in Logan Square.

Reset discusses the theater’s iconic architecture and what this subsidy could mean for the future.

GUESTS: Ward Miller, executive director of Preservation Chicago

Eleanor Gorski, CEO of Chicago Architecture Center

Historic but dilapidated Congress Theater get a lifeline
The lobby of the Congress Theater in Logan Square features a grand staircase that leads to the balcony. The theater closed in 2013 and is currently being renovated. Jason Marck / WBEZ
Historic but dilapidated Congress Theater get a lifeline
The lobby of the Congress Theater in Logan Square features a grand staircase that leads to the balcony. The theater closed in 2013 and is currently being renovated. Jason Marck / WBEZ

The City Council Finance Committee voted to provide a $27 million subsidy to a development team to renovate the Congress Theater in Logan Square.

Reset discusses the theater’s iconic architecture and what this subsidy could mean for the future.

GUESTS: Ward Miller, executive director of Preservation Chicago

Eleanor Gorski, CEO of Chicago Architecture Center