Riviera Theatre

CTL-PL-0090 · Place

VERIFIED evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)

Combined Graph record U-01562 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-PL-0090. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Uptown concert hall; opened 1917

The record

• Also known as: The Riv
• City: Chicago

Relationships

• Chicago — located in
  STRONG EVIDENCE

Sources

• https://www.jamusa.com/venues/riviera-theatre (verification source · master store)

Evidence note (master store)

Operator Jam Productions' venue page (tier 2) gives the address as 4746 N. Racine Avenue, Chicago, IL 60640, states it is "Located in Chicago's historic Uptown theater district," and that it was "Completed in 1917 by architects George and C.W. Rapp (Rapp & Rapp)" as a movie theater for the Balaban & Katz chain, and is now a premier concert and special events venue. Establishes existence, concert-venue type, Uptown address, and the 1917 completion consistent with the stored note's "opened 1917." (fetched in full 2026-10-17)

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