The Forum

 

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. After closure of “Forum Hall”, the second floor performance space, in the 1970s, the building fell into disrepair and barely escaped city-ordered emerg
ency demolition in 2011. A community member has recently acquired the building, has stabilized the structure, and is leading a community-based heritage conservation effort to rehabilitate it.