1800 N. Clybourn

May 2025 April 2025 Clybourn Square (1800 N. Clybourn) 1800 N Clybourn.jpg 1800 N. Clybourn in 2016 Chicago, Illinois, United States 1800 N. Clybourn Ave., Chicago, IL 60614 1989 1993 Horwitz Matthews CRM Properties Group Ltd. 6 1 75,000 sqft m2 0 on 3 Surface 1800 N. Clybourn was a shopping center located at 1800 N. Clybourn Ave. in the Clybourn Corridor area of Lincoln Park, Chicago. The building was once the William D. Gibson spring factory,Kaplan Jacob William D. Gibson [co.] http://forgottenchicago.com/columns/postcards/william-d-gibson/ Forgotten Chicago 14 June 2015 and later a plant for making Turtle Wax. It was converted to a three-level enclosed specialty shopping center that retained the structure's wood beams and brickwork. At its opening, developer Tem Horwitz described it as "an industrial environment with the atmosphere of a traveling fair come to town."Hayes Charles 1800 Clybourn Sets The Stage For Shopping, Entertainment https://www.chicagotribune.com/1989/04/30/1800-clybourn-sets-the-stage-for-shopping-entertainment/ 1 June 2015 Chicago Tribune 30 April 1989 News reports pointed out the interior's exuberant architecture and unconventional merchandising plan, and that only half its 40 spaces were leased at its opening. Among the tenants in 1990 included "pricey apparel and accessories stores, gift shops, and such services as a travel agency, a nail salon and a family aerobics club," plus restaurants and entertainment venues like "Goose Island Brewery; Metropolis 1800; Par Excellence, an artist-designed miniature golf course; Muddler's Pool Room; and its adjoining espresso bar, Caffe Lupi."Lauerman Connie The Clybourn Experiment https://www.chicagotribune.com/1990/02/18/the-clybourn-experiment/ 1 June 2015 Chicago Tribune 18 February 1990 Entertainment was a major focus; the mall opened with Willow Street Carnival, a 450-seatMorris Architects Planners Willow Street Carnival http://www.morrisap.com/portfolio/viewproject.php?id=32 1 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074121/http://www.morrisap.com/portfolio/viewproject.php?id=32 4 March 2016 dead cabaret-style theater founded by Bernard Sahlins,Williams Albert Clybourn Corridor Carnival http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/clybourn-corridor-carnival/Content?oid=873948 1 June 2015 Chicago Reader 1 June 1989 and had proposed a 10-screen cinema on site.10-screen Movie Complex For 1800 Clybourn https://www.chicagotribune.com/1989/10/01/10-screen-movie-complex-for-1800-clybourn/ 1 June 2015 Chicago Tribune 1 October 1989 What Horwitz called a "wild and crazy and fun" mall did not last long amidst a recession, and the building was foreclosed upon in April 1993 amidst numerous store closures.Podmolik Mary Ellen Clybourn Center Put Up for Sale Chicago Sun-Times 6 May 1993 The building was soon purchased by CRM Properties,CRM Properties Group Ltd. http://www.crmproperties.com/clybourn.html Clybourn Square Clybourn Place 1 June 2015 which demolished the richly decorated enclosed courts and left three buildings separated by parking lots. As of 2015, one large L-shaped building houses anchor Bed Bath & Beyond, the now-closed original location of Goose Island Brewery,Ashok Selvam December 11, 2023 https://chicago.eater.com/2023/12/11/23996728/goose-island-beer-co-lincoln-park-brewpub-closed-clybourn Goose Island Closes Its Doors on Clybourn After 35 Years Eater Chicago April 24, 2024 plus a furniture retailer and real estate offices on upper floors. Two smaller buildings house Patagonia and GapKids. The building's pair of crenellated, four-story towers still face Clybourn, but much of the structure between them was demolished. References 41 54 49.5 N 87 39 13.5 W region:US-IL_type:landmark title Category:Shopping malls established in 1989 Category:1989 establishments in Illinois Category:Shopping malls in Chicago Category:Defunct shopping malls in the United States Category:Shopping malls disestablished in 1993