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"Six stories of red letters spelling out the name of the city, hung off the front of a building on State Street. That sign is the shorthand for Chicago in roughly every film, news broadcast, and postcard ever made. Behind it is the Chicago Theatre, which opened in nineteen twenty-one with three thousand eight hundred seats and called itself the Wonder Theatre of the World."
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The Reveal
This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.
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Hear the full story at The Chicago Theatre
This is just one of 13 stops on the The Postcard Tour tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.
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