Excerpt: A theater where once up to 2,000 people would gather to watch “Jaws” in 1975 and “Caddyshack” in 1980 is likely headed for emergency demolition.
City building inspectors are checking the shaky Midway Theatre twice daily after a partial roof collapse March 23 because of concerns over its structural integrity. Because it’s a designated historic landmark, every option for saving it is being considered.
The bowstring lattice structure and roof over the theater portion of the building are so badly deteriorated that it appears unlikely that part can be saved and is probably going to require demolition, said Todd Cagnoni, Rockford deputy director of community and economic development.
Saw A Hole in the Head here in the summer of 1959. The theater is located about a mile from where my grandparents, Herman and Anna Nelson, lived at 1815 Charles Street.
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