How do you solve a problem like the Congress Theater? Developer Michael Moyer and Alderman Joe Moreno think they know how, and their plan includes more than just sweeping up the molly dust, as DNAInfo reports. A spruced-up interior, affordable housing units and a "small inn" are among the renovations in store for the notorious Logan Square venue, one that earned a reputation as a hotspot for bass-induced chaos. That is, until the city banned DJs from performing there, and then abruptly shut down.
Moyer's firm, PalMet Ventures, has earned favor from the city since their renovation of the similarly-troubled Cadillac Palace Theater downtown. Woodhouse Tinucci Architects will be involved in the redevelopment plans, but there's no word yet on whether or not the men's bathroom stall will be more than just a shower curtain. Ald. Moreno will join the theater's new owners in an open house meeting and tour of the Congress January 24 from 1 to 4pm.