The story
A once-magnificent 1920s movie palace is now a parking garage—you can park your car where vaudeville stars once performed.
Everything that was here
- 1926–1976
Michigan TheatreTheater
A once-magnificent 1920s movie palace is now a parking garage—you can park your car where vaudeville stars once performed.
See the map in 1927 → - 1928–1971
United Artists TheatreTheater
Gloria Swanson opened the curtains by telephone on opening night; decades later, the Ilitch family demolished this masterpiece for a parking lot.
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Connected places
Gotham Hotel
Detroit, MI
Duke Ellington connection
Vanity Ballroom
Detroit, MI
Duke Ellington connection
Paradise Valley Entertainment District
Detroit, MI
Duke Ellington connection
Old Original Bookbinder's
Philadelphia, PA
David Bowie connection
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Nearby history
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