Uptown Broadway Building
Uptown Broadway Building
The Uptown Broadway Building is a historic three-story building at 4703–4715 North Broadway in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Built in 1926 and designed by Walter W. Ahlschlager, its ornate terra-cotta facade features depictions of ancient gods, rams’ heads, shields, helmets, birds, fruits, and trophies. A Chicago Reader critic called the exterior “a riotous, Spanish-baroque-inspired hallucination.” Local legends say Al Capone ran a speakeasy in the basement, but this is not confirmed. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 and is part of the Uptown Square Historic District. The Kiss Kiss Cabaret performed there from 2013 to 2018, and since 2019 the Baton Show Lounge has been located there. In 2025, HV Entertainment bought the bar and announced plans to reopen the Chicago Eagle, a former gay bar catering to the leather LGBT community in Andersonville (previously at 5015 N Clark St), with a dedicated space for the Baton Show Lounge.
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