Gay life in Chicago this week, back in ...
1977
On the front page of this week's Gay Chicago News:
"Opening night, October 21st, the new entertainment complex housed in the North Side Auditorium Building at 3730 North Clark St. will contain the Center Stage Disco and a Cabaret Nightclub. Since the purchase of the building this summer, the first project was the remodeling and reequipping the top floor theatre. The better equipped facilities became the new home of Victory Gardens Theatre which had been the tenants of what now becomes the balcony disco area.
"Completely redecorated in peach colored walls accented by gold leaf white trim, the second floor disco will provide a first in the nation light show. The system according to Chuck Renslow is a combination of three types, the laser, a multiple projection slide show and the standard system including strobes and chasers. A complimentary sound system places base speaker cabinets on the dance floor level, mid-range speakers on the balcony and speakers suspended from the ceiling. The effect of this system gives total clarity without sound dominance with its accompanying rumbling and screeching."