Eastown Theater Detroit - The Slow Death Of Another Detroit Landmark

            Another one of my favorite buildings in Detroit - The Eastown Theater. I love the Architecture and the History of this place. It has seen quite a bit of damage in the 4 years since I first shot it. Sadly it caught on fire in August of 2010. By the time you view this image, the entire right side of this building will have collapsed and/or been demolished. The theater section (the left side ) still remains. But who knows for how long. By some strange coincedence, the 3 remaining William Shakepseare busts that were on each corner at the top of the building were "stolen" and removed exactly 1 week before the fire. An interesting coindecdence.

Originally a movie theater that opened in 1930, it was also a big concert venue from 1969 thru 1972 seating 2,500 people. Concerts there included MC5, Stooges, Buddy Miles, Amboy Dukes, Rush, Howlin' Wolf, Alice Cooper, War, BB King, Albert King, Mountain, Steve Miller, Sly and the Family Stone, Grand Funk - and that was just in the first few months it was open! It has been known as the Eastown Theater it's whole life. The theater operated from 1930 until 1967. Outside of Rock Acts, it did reopen briefly in 1975 for Jazz acts, again in 1976 for Performing arts and plays, 1980 for avant garde and exploitation films, and a last attempt in 1984 for live performing arts again. It has also hosted a few techno raves in it's time. It was originally designed by VJ Waier. 

This is the place where Alice Cooper first started wearing a Top Hat, he had found it in the dumpster here.

Taken in: United States / Michigan / Hamtramck (show map)

Taken on: August 22, 2010

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Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XS, f/5.7, 1/4167 sec, 18mm, ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

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