Historic Avalon Regal Theater in play for $250,000 in repair funds
The historic Avalon Regal Theater in Chicago is slated to receive a $249,500 city grant for masonry repairs and tower restoration. The funds from the Adopt-A-Landmark program will help stabilize the 99-year-old venue.
The Avalon Regal Theater — the South Side's Moorish Revival jewel box that fell into decay after closing 16 years ago — is in line to get a $249,500 city grant to help fix up the landmark venue, the Chicago Department of Planning and Development announced Friday.The cash from the agency's Adopt-A-Landmark Fund would help pay for critical masonry repairs and rebuild the exposed brick substructure of a tower on the northwest corner of the 99-year-old theater at 1645 E. 79th St.Also covered under…
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