![]() “For 35 years - it’s been a lot of work, a lot of sacrifice. But when you’re younger, you just go for the opportunities that you feel are there.” Nowadays, I wouldn’t go for something like this - it’s too risky. Because she has been extremely supportive, every wild dream that I’ve ever had. “If we’ve had relative success or whatever, it’s because it’s been a partnership, definitely. “I can’t really give enough credit,” Javier Galindo said. He and his wife were in their 20s at the time, and he was less focused on financial security and more on following his dream. Thinking back on his move to buy the theater, Javier Galindo said he’s not sure he would make the same decision now. The space is primarily rented out for events like quinceañeras and weddings, and sometimes hosts musicians and singers. Galindo and his wife ripped out the slanted floor of movie-theater chairs and designed a multi-tiered floor so the audience could see the improved stage they built from any seat, Javier Galindo said. Javier Galindo was a musician and operator of a now-closed Little Village dance hall when he got the opportunity to buy the Apollo’s 2000. The Galindos, who have run the theater since 1988, hope a landmark designation will help preserve the building for generations to come and spark change in the surrounding business corridor. Steps in the landmarking process include a report from the Department of Planning and Development, consulting with the building owner, a public hearing and a final vote with the commission, before moving to the City Council’s Committee on Zoning and then the full City Council. If the landmarks commission lends its initial support, it would kick off a lengthy series of approvals, according to the commission. The city’s Commission on Chicago Landmarks will decide Thursday whether or not to give a preliminary landmark recommendation to the theater, which has been featured in the annual Open House Chicago, organized by the Chicago Architecture Center to showcase some of the city’s iconic places. ![]() Uptown, Edgewater, Rogers Park Open dropdown menu.South Chicago, East Side Open dropdown menu.Pilsen, Little Village, Back of the Yards Open dropdown menu. ![]()
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