Just a short note to note that 44 years ago on January 2, 1973 The First Straight Dope Column appeared in the Chicago Reader.
Thanks for that. The Bryan Mawr Theater location has been a vacant building since the late 80s.
Interesting to see a discussion of (local) effects of the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago, in January 1973. While a bigger effect may have been the election of Nixon, little did we know then that the seeds of Nixon’s downfall had just recently been planted (IIRC, in Jan '73 Watergate was still thought to have been just a minor crime.)
There is a rule that I cannot make a post without making a dumb error. Please note that the OP should read February, not January.
It’s taking longer than we thought.
“No, it was not “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy” That was Pearl Harbor day.”
Did you mean Groundhog Day?
An update on Whatever happened to Aaron Russo?:
He died on August 24th, 2007 after a six year battle with bladder cancer.
What? Nobody is ridiculing the answers? We have traditions to uphold!
Or maybe other owners don’t do this because the Bryn Mawr fills the niche for that audience. True, a second theater might find that they can attract a sufficient audience that doesn’t now go to the Bryn Mawr for whatever reasons. Or it might find that there aren’t enough patrons to fill two theaters and quickly go out of business. Or it might result in both theaters being half-full and both going out of business.
“It’s a good idea so everybody should do it” is the kind of business reasoning I would expect to see in a 1973 alternative weekly. That’s why the breed has been so successful over time.
Oh, and nobody noticed that “inital” is misspelled?
That’s exactly how you spell “inital”! Unless you mean that “initial” is misspelt. 