Pool Hall Time Capsule For Sale
- Thread starter JAM
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Building for sale.
What type of tables are those? , old Brunswick ?
What type of tables are those? , old Brunswick ?
I would love to just rummage through the place. I bet there are some real cool items.
Old cues. Maybe KU bumpers. All kinds of little trinkets.
And of course, the tables.
Wouldn't it be amazing if a buyer got it back up and running?
Sadly, it will probably become some kind of trendy coffee shop full of modern wannabe hippies.
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Old cues. Maybe KU bumpers. All kinds of little trinkets.
And of course, the tables.
Wouldn't it be amazing if a buyer got it back up and running?
Sadly, it will probably become some kind of trendy coffee shop full of modern wannabe hippies.
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Here's the outside: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.886...cQCuHLL3cieyHlE_Qg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
Looks like they had the address mounted above the windows on things that look like pool balls.
Looks like they had the address mounted above the windows on things that look like pool balls.
Very sad been there long time ago. At no surprise like rest of il. Losing business here right & left. People leaving state at over whelming #s as well. Super high real estate taxes is killing everything off. Way out of reach to control at this point chicago headed like detroit. End of a great city coming to a close!
I have no expertise, but my Google searching of old Brunswick tables gets me what I think is a match - The Medalist.
http://www.billiardrestoration.com/antique-pool-tables/medalist.htm
If that is correct, those would be some beautiful tables if cleaned up.
Gideon
And, because Google is fun, I now see that you can buy an antique Medalist table once owned by Peter Criss (of the band KISS) for $7,500.
http://www.backstageauctions.com/ca...tage-brunswick-medalist-pool-table/i/0/19095/
Gideon
The tables on the left side of the picture in post #1 seem to have some flying-buttress thingies on the short-rail side of the legs. What are those?
A previous poster said they looked like Kling's, but based on the blurry picture they look more like The Arcade. The Kling's don't seem to have the curved bit running down from the square pieces below the rails.
http://www.billiardrestoration.com/antique-pool-tables/kling.htm
http://www.billiardrestoration.com/antique-pool-tables/arcade.htm
Gideon<----it's fun playing detective
I see from the Brunswick website that the Arcade was available with either 4 or 6 legs, so that could be it. What great restoration projects the tables in that room would be.
You seem to be right.
I've never played on tables like that. Can anyone comment on how they play compared to a "modern" table like a GC (assuming that the rails were good - or replaced)? Can Glen or another mechanic speak to that or whether they can be rendered into a modern "players' table"?
Gideon<-----played on some antique tables at the old Academy of Spherical Arts that had square cushions (like a snooker table) but pool cut pockets. Very strange.
Eeal estate broker Ed Restificar said "the building is currently on the market for $575,000, and the pool equipment is available at a discount. Otherwise, he's going to sell the tables along with the racks, balls and pool cues."
Maybe we're driving up the price of those tables for Mr. Restificar.:smile:
I used to play there at times back in the 70's...there was always a little bit of action in there back then.
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- Ghost
need better photos but Arcade or Hudson
need better photos but Arcade or Hudson Both beefy tables and very similar.
JAM ... you're the best. Great post. I would love to have one of those old, grand tables in my home room. :thumbup: