Aragon Ballroom marks 100 years of dancing, music and everything in between in Uptown
<p>For a century, there's only one place in Chicago that can make you feel like you’re in a Moorish castle courtyard during a rock concert.</p><p>It’s where you can watch shows from fancy alcoves, marvel at a star-studded ceiling and feel the excitement of the ground moving (for better or worse) as 5,000 people jump to the same beat. It’s also where you might have seen Two Door Cinema Club on the same night 39 years after your parents saw the Ramones (and you probably both griped about the sound).</p><p>“Everyone’s got a story about the Aragon,” said John Blick, director of business services at Uptown United about the beloved concert hall that inks its centenarian status this month.
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<p>For a century, there's only one place in Chicago that can make you feel like you’re in a Moorish castle courtyard during a rock concert.</p><p>It’s where you can watch shows from fancy alcoves, marvel at a star-studded ceiling and feel the excitement of the ground moving (for better or worse) as 5,000 people jump to the same beat. It’s also where you might have seen Two Door Cinema Club on the same night 39 years after your parents saw the Ramones (and you probably both griped about the sound).</p><p>“Everyone’s got a story about the Aragon,” said John Blick, director of business services at Uptown United about the beloved concert hall that inks its centenarian status this month. As the neighborhood’s economic development anchor, Blick’s office has heard many of the tales firsthand, from the hundreds of couples who had meet-cutes on the ballroom dance floor decades ago to those who bring in mementoes found when moving or renovating. “We’ve got some really cool artifacts,” he said.
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- <p>For a century, there's only one place in Chicago that can make you feel like you’re in a Moorish castle courtyard during a rock concert.</p><p>It’s where you can watch shows from fancy alcoves, marvel at a star-studded ceiling and feel the excitement of the ground moving (for better or worse) as 5,000 people jump to the same beat. It’s also where you might have seen Two Door Cinema Club on the same night 39 years after your parents saw the Ramones (and you probably both griped about the sound).</p><p>“Everyone’s got a story about the Aragon,” said John Blick, director of business services at Uptown United about the beloved concert hall that inks its centenarian status this month.
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