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Built in 1925 as the Milo, and located in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, this theater could originally seat just over 900.
It was designed inside and out in the Spanish Colonial style, an uncommon style in Chicago for movie houses.
As the neighborhood changed from one founded by Bohemian immigrants to mostly Latino, as it remains today, the Milo's name also changed, first from the Villa Theater, then to its Spanish translation, Teatro Villa.
In its last years in operation, it showed Spanish-language films before closing in the late 60s. The theater has been demolished and replaced by a parking lot.
Contributed by Bryan Krefft
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Amazingly facinating Mexican horror films (Aztec Mummy?) shown here in the mid-60's!!
posted by Ben Cybulski on Mar 11, 2004 at 3:37pm
The theatre has been closed since the late 60's? They never did anything with it?
posted by RobertR on Mar 11, 2004 at 4:02pm
Here is a 2000-dated photo of 1821 S. Loomis Street. According to the Assessor's Office, the parking lot has been there 13 years (as of 2003-4). I would assume the theater was torn down then around 1990.
posted by Bryan Krefft on Jun 9, 2005 at 7:51pm
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