The story
Theater architect C. Howard Crane designed the Fox as the flagship of the Fox chain. It has more than 5,000 seats, and its interior mixes Art Deco with Burmese, Indian, Persian and Chinese motifs. It is the largest of the original Fox Theatres.
By the 1960s maintenance was being put off, and by the 1970s parts of the mezzanine and balcony were closed. In the late 1980s the Ilitch family bought the theater and restored it at a cost of about $12 million. The current marquee went up during that restoration.
Everything that was here
- 1928–present · still open
Fox TheatreMovie Palace / Concert Venue
The Fox opened on September 21, 1928, with the silent film "Street Angel," and it is still the largest surviving movie palace of the 1920s.
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Connected places
Book-Cadillac Hotel (Original)
Michigan Central Station (Rail Era)
Orpheum Theater
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Nearby history
State Theatre / The Fillmore Detroit
Stroh Brewery
Cliff Bell's (Revival)
Comerica Park
Park Shelton Apartments
Aloft Detroit at David Whitney
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