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The Forum is located at 318-328 East 43rd Street (adjacent to the CTA station) in Chicago?s historic Bronzeville community. Built in the 1890s the structure contains one of the most important assembly/performance halls of this community as well as several transit-friendly retail spaces.

 

The Present: Bronzeville?s Forum for Culture and Hospitality Today Urban Juncture is working to restore The Forum as a hub for culture hospitality and socializing on Chicago?s Southside. We expect to begin restoration of the three retail slots that make up The Forum?s ?West Annex? in 2022.

 

The Forum contains Forum Hall Bronzeville's oldest social hall and one of the most significant assembly spaces on the South Side.

 

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Since 1897 The Forum?s muscular presence at 43rd Street with the ?El? its distinctive ?Forum Hall? and it?s six large retail slots made it a South Side Hub for prominent performers powerful politicians parties and partygoers and peddlers and patrons of all persuasions.

 

Built in 1897 The Forum 324 E 43rd St. became a vital part of a commercial neighborhood known as the city?s Black Metropolis which flourished from the 1920s to the 1950s. In that time The Forum hosted some of America?s most prominent Black figures. Civil rights gatherings were held there.

 

The Forum is a historic event venue at 318-328 E. 43rd Street in the Bronzeville neighborhood of the Grand Boulevard community area of Chicago Illinois. Chicago alderman William Kent and his father Albert had the venue built in 1897 intending it to be a social and political meeting hall.

 

The Forum is located at 318-328 East 43rd Street (adjacent to the CTA station) in Chicago?s historic Bronzeville community. Built in 1897 The Forum includes a beautiful social and assembly hall and several oversized retail slots located adjacent to the 43rd Street Green Line Station.