>> IF >> YOU'VE EVER VISITED LITTLE VILLAGE, IT'S HARD TO MISS THE PALOS 2000 THEATER, WHICH IS NOW ON ITS WAY TO BECOMING A CHICAGO LANDMARK FOR YEARS.

THE PLACE HAS BEEN A HELPER CELEBRATIONS OF LATINO CULTURE.

BUT THE HISTORY OF ITS BUILDING AND THE OWNERS GOES MUCH DEEPER.

FOR NEARLY 35 YEARS.

JAVIER AND LYDIA GALINDO HAVE WELCOME ARTISTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

>> TO THE APOLLOS 2000 THEATER IN LITTLE VILLAGE.

>> THIS IS ALSO AN MUSIC MAN HOLD.

HIS FIRST FROM COSTA RICA ARE TO SHARE FOR A IN THEIR VAN.

DE HAVE LIKE A MEXICAN PUERTO SOMEBODY FROM CAMEROON, BRAZILIAN, JUST AWESOME GET THEY'VE ALSO HOSTED POLITICIANS FROM ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT.

THE BIGGEST EVENT WAS A.

>> A GATHERING FOR AL GORE WHEN HE WAS VICE PRESIDENT WHEN HE WAS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AND GATHERED COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR WRESTLING FASHION SHOWS IN KEENE SAYING IN US, THE BUILDING KNOWN AS THE MARSHALL SQUARE THEATER WHEN OPENED IN 1917, IS NOW BEING DESIGNATED A CHICAGO LANDMARK.

A VFC OLDEST DAUGHTER EVELYN STILL SAYS HAS BEEN ALMOST 20 YEARS IN THE A LOT HAS BEEN DONE TO THE BUILDING.

>> IN ORDER TO ADAPT TO OUR CURRENT TIMES, BUT BEING ABLE TO BRING BACK AND RESTORE THE EXTERIOR OF THAT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY OF HONORING THE PAST AND HISTORY OF THE BUILDING.

ITS ARCHITECTURAL BEAUTY.

>> HISTORY CAPTURED IN THE TERRA COTTA FACADE IN MARQUEE THE PROMINENT DOME CEILING.

AND EVEN THE OLD PROJECTION ROOM WERE OPERATORS LEFT BEHIND CARBON RODS AND FILM REELS.

THE TIME CAPSULE.

>> BECAUSE WE SELL THEM GO UP THIS IS JUST A PERSONAL THING.

YOU KNOW, WITH AND YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY MAINTAINED THAT THAT SENSE OF.

RESPECT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WORK TIME IN THE YOU KNOW THAT BUILD THAT THE ARCHITECT OF THE SAYING YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONE, BUT THEY'RE STILL PRESENT HERE AND WE HAVE TO RESPECT THEM THE AMAZING JOB THAT THEY BUT THE CRAFTSMANSHIP AND BIG NAME PERFORMERS AREN'T THE ONLY HISTORY CONTAINED IN THESE WALLS.

AND HE REMEMBER WHEN NAOMI IS TO GO UP ON STAGE AND JUST SEEING IN.

>> SENIOR ARTISTS AND PLAY PRETEND DANCE TO GYMNASTICS EVERYTHING.

I THINK WE BOTH WOULD.

YEAH, >> ARE.

WE WOULD ROLLER BLADE.

>> HAD JUST TO YEAH, THAT TO 3 OF US IN THE 1980'S HEAVY RAN A SUCCESSFUL NIGHTCLUB IN THE CITY.

BUT WHEN THE CLUB'S ROOF CAVED THE COUPLE WHO ONLY BEEN MARRIED ABOUT 6 MONTHS, SAW THEIR FUTURE CRASHING DOWN TO LIFE OR LIKE NOW WHAT WE HAD BEEN SO 6, WE WILL BE SO SUCCESSFUL AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOUR DREAMS ARE JUST DOWN THE GUTTER, LITERALLY RIGHT ON THE BUT IS LIKE AT THAT POINT WHAT GOT TO LOSE.

>> HOW F DOT BACK TO AN OFFER HE HAD RECEIVED TO PURCHASE THE SHUTTERED MARSHALL SQUARE THEATER.

IT WAS A DEAL HE DIDN'T TAKE SERIOUSLY AT FIRST.

BUT AT THE URGING OF THE BUILDING'S PREVIOUS OWNER, WE CAME SEE THE PACE.

>> AND WHEN I A IT LOOKED LIKE A PALACE FOR ME BECAUSE HE AT THE TIME MOVIE THEATERS.

WORD LIKE A PALACE SO I WANT TO KNOW THAT THE FIRST MOMENT SEOUL, THEN IT WAS LIKE A DREAM TO THE OWNERS THIS PLACE.

THE PLACE WILL BECOME A SECOND HOME TO THE COUPLE AND THEIR DAUGHTERS.

EVELYN, NAOMI AND I SAYS.

>> WHO GREW UP EXPLORING THE THEATER.

YOU COULD REALLY BE AN ARTIST GO UP ON STAGE.

I MEAN, I'M REALLY TALKING ABOUT USING YOUR IMAGINATION AND NOW.

I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO HAVE A CHILD AND GET A SENSE OF WHAT MY PARENTS MUST THOUGHT.

>> SO I ENVISION THIS BEING A PLAYGROUND FOR HIM AS WELL AND BEING ABLE TO JUST ENJOY IT AS HAVE YET IN LIBYA BEGAN TO PASS TO BUSINESS TO THE NEXT GENERATION.

THEY SAY THEY HOPE LANDMARKS.

THAT IS WHERE REVITALIZE A NEIGHBORHOOD AND BRING RECOGNITION TO A HIDDEN GEM IN THE HEART OF LATINO COMMUNITY.

YOU DON'T REALLY SEE MANY LANDMARKS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

>> PARTICULARLY IN AREAS THAT ARE HIGHLY DISINVESTED AND WHERE THERE'S A HIGH POPULATION OF MINORITIES.

SO IT'S A PRIVILEGE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO BRING IN THE PRESTIGE OF BEING A LANDMARK TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND ALTHOUGH MANY BIG NAMES HAVE WALKED THROUGH THEIR DOORS, THE GUIDING, THOUGH, SAY IT'S THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE MADE THE GREATEST IMPACT.

AND I TRULY DO FEEL LIKE THIS IS THIS IS PART OF MY COMMUNITY AND BEING ABLE TO NOT JUST BE A PART OF IT, BUT ALSO SERVE IT.

AND HELP THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY ESTABLISH MEMORIES AGAIN CONTINUES PART OF THE HISTORY AND THE WEALTH OF HISTORY AND STORIES OF THIS BUILDING AND HAVE THAT FORM PART OF THE