This document provides demographic and historical information about Uptown, a neighborhood in Chicago. It details that Uptown has a population of 45,956 people with a median household income of $44,879. Two notable landmarks discussed are the Uptown Theatre, a 4,381 seat theater built in 1925 that has hosted many famous performers but has been closed since 1981, and Graceland Cemetery, founded in 1860, where many notable figures are buried including Roger Ebert. It also describes the Green Mill Cocktail Lounge, opened in 1907, which has mob connections from the Prohibition era and tunnels underground that were used by Al Capone's gang.

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2. Facts
• Area: 2.333 square miles
• Population: 45, 956
• Median Household income: $44,879
• Median rent: $717
• Median age: 38
• Ethnicity: 51% White, 20% Black, 14% Hispanic, 11% Asian,
3% other
• Consists of five neighborhoods: Buena Park, Sheridan Park,
Little Vietnam, Margate Park, Andersonville Terrace

3. Uptown Theatre
• Built in 1925 by the Balaban and Katz theatre chain, the
Uptown Theatre is the largest theatre in Chicago and it
covers over 46,000 square feet of land and contains
4,381 seats
• It has been closed since 1981, but recently there has
been a movement to rehabilitate and reopen the theatre
• Alice Cooper, Elvis Costello, ELO, Duke Ellington, Hall
and Oates, Kansas, Frank Zappa, Bruce Springsteen,
Bob Marley, The Grateful Dead, and Prince are just
some of the notable performances that have taken
place there

4. Uptown Theatre

5. Graceland Cemetery
• Graceland Cemetery was established in 1860, by
lawyer Thomas Bryan. It is a Victorian style
cemetery designed by architect H.W.S. Cleveland.
• Notable burials include Roger Ebert, Marshall
Field, George Pullman, Jack Johnson (first African-
American heavyweight boxing champion),
Augustus Dickens (brother of Charles Dickens), as
well as a few mayors of Chicago

6. Graceland Cemetery

7. Graceland Cemetery

8. Green Mill Cocktail Lounge
• Originally named Pop Morse’s Roadhouse, it opened in 1907. It
was renamed Green Mill Gardens a few years later, and the
“Gardens” was removed in the 1920’s
• Green Mill has multiple mob connections. During Prohibition,
Jack McGurn (a member of Al Capone’s Chicago mob) became
a part time owner.
• There is a network of tunnels that run underneath the Green Mill
that were used for mob purposes. Al Capone’s favorite booth,
which provides a view of both entrances to the Green Mill, is still
present.
• After the end of Prohibition the Green Mill lost it’s negative
reputation

9. Green Mill Cocktail Lounge

10. Other Notable Aspects
• Uptown is also home to Essanay Studios, in which a
series of Charlie Chaplin movies were filmed in the
early 1900s
• Stephen Colbert, Jane Lynch, Andy Richter, Jason
Sudeikis, and Kate Flannery (Merideth on The Office)
were all alumni at the Annoyance Theatre which is
moving from Uptown into the Lakeview district of
Chicago
• Similar to the Green Mill Lounge, the Aragon
Ballroom was host to Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington,
The Rolling Stones, Snoop Dog, U2, The Clash, and
The Ramones

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Prohibition-era history and myth". Chicago
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