The interior of the ballroom in 1941, with the band playing
From 1927 until 1940, there was continuous music supplied by two bands per night. When one band took a break, the other would go on. During these years, the Savoy was open seven days a week. Although most of the Savoy's patrons were black, growing numbers of white Chicagoans visited the Savoy.
People rollerskating in the ballroom on a Saturday night, 1941
savoy, ballroom, chicago, ballroom, located, york, city, savoy, ballroom, savoy, ballroom, chicago, united, states, opened, thanksgiving, november, 1927, 4733, south, parkway, 1928, postcard, ballroomgeneral, informationlocationchicagoopened1927demolished1970s. For the ballroom located in New York City see Savoy Ballroom The Savoy Ballroom in Chicago United States was opened on Thanksgiving Eve November 23 1927 at 4733 South Parkway 1 Savoy Ballroom Chicago A 1928 postcard of the ballroomGeneral informationLocationChicagoOpened1927Demolished1970sHistory editAt the time of its opening in 1927 the Savoy Ballroom was largest dancehall in South Side Chicago surpassing the other large hall in that part of the city Lincoln Gardens 2 The Savoy was heavily funded and its size was unprecedented on the South Side of Chicago with elaborate decor a triple subfloor and a checkroom that could accommodate 6 000 hats and coats 3 Originally featuring primarily Jazz artists including Louis Armstrong Count Basie Duke Ellington Earl Hines Stan Kenton Dizzy Gillespie Billie Holiday Ella Fitzgerald Gene Krupa Woody Herman the Savoy also hosted other activities such as boxing figure skating and basketball exhibitions featuring the Savoy Big Five who would later change their name to the Harlem Globetrotters nbsp The interior of the ballroom in 1941 with the band playingFrom 1927 until 1940 there was continuous music supplied by two bands per night When one band took a break the other would go on During these years the Savoy was open seven days a week Although most of the Savoy s patrons were black growing numbers of white Chicagoans visited the Savoy nbsp People rollerskating in the ballroom on a Saturday night 1941The Savoy closed in 1948 and was demolished in the early 1970s The site is now home to the Lou Rawls Theater Cultural Center 4 5 References edit Jeniece Drake SAVOY Online Archived from the original on 28 January 2007 Retrieved 30 December 2012 William Howland Kenney 1994 Chicago Jazz A Cultural History 1904 1930 Oxford University Press p 19 21 ISBN 9780195357783 Brothers Thomas 2014 Louis Armstrong Master of Modernism New York NY W W Norton amp Company p 289 ISBN 978 0 393 06582 4 Jazz Age Chicago Savoy Ballroom Jazz Age Chicago Archived from the original on 13 June 2011 Retrieved 30 December 2012 Jazz Age Chicago Regal Theater Jazz Age Chicago Archived from the original on 22 July 2011 Retrieved 30 December 2012 External links editPhotos of roller skating at the Savoy History of the Savoy at Jazz Age Chicago chicago urban history org Archived from the original on 2004 03 24 41 48 33 N 87 36 57 W 41 8092 N 87 6159 W 41 8092 87 6159 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Savoy Ballroom Chicago amp oldid 1145843942, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
