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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Violet Miller

Open House Chicago gives a rare look at usually closed-off architecture: ‘It’s like nothing else’

The Forum, 318-324 E. 43rd St., during Open House Chicago on Saturday. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

Linda and Ronald Thisted said they have driven past the Avalon Regal Theater “hundreds” of times over the years as they’ve headed home on Stony Island Avenue.

While they’ve long admired the building from the outside, their curiosity of what was behind its doors was finally satiated Saturday when they got a tour through Open House Chicago — an annual, self-guided history and architecture festival that spans the city.

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