Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Riviera Theatre


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The result was   keep. Courcelles 00:57, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Riviera Theatre

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tagged for notability for 5 years; I couldn't verify notability Boleyn (talk) 22:20, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Probable keep It's a historic building in one of the US's biggest cities and while it's not as legendary as the Uptown Theatre (Chicago), there must be coverage going back many years in the Chicago press. There's also coverage e.g. in The Chicago Movie Palaces of Balaban And Katz by David Balaban and Joseph Ducibella. There's paragraphs in various guides e.g. Rough Guide to Chicago, Chicago For Dummies, and CBS Local. CinemaTreasures.org has info; I'm not sure if it's a reliable source but the site gets high praise from Roger Ebert. And there's various live albums recorded there. --Colapeninsula (talk) 23:14, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Weak keep per Colapeninsula above. The Balaban And Katz book provides some good citable background, my only concern is that it's published by someone of the same last name. Obviously not the original 1920s owners but likely a descendent. Not a deal-killer but it would be good to have a few more reliable sources just to back it up. Stalwart 111  23:46, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep The article needs to be beefed up, not deleted.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:31, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep per Colapeninsula. A significant building. Per the Chicago Sun-Times: "This is the site where Rapp & Rapp started their empire of movie palaces that eventually spanned the country.".  Also worth adding to the article, a notable Obama campaign appearance in 2007, covered in The New York Times.--Arxiloxos (talk) 06:27, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
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 * Keep. This building is also a contributing structure of the Uptown Square National Historic District. Gobōnobō  + c 02:08, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
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