Detroit Theater Open House Sale

[Christopher Bindel]

I didn't see the add myself but someone told me that they saw an add in the Sun Post about an open hous sale at the Detroit Theater. You can buy seats for $18 a piece (or the price goes down as you buy more). I believe there is going to be other items for sale, but I'm not sure what. As I was there this week taking photos I noticed there are a number of items in the up stairs apartments that I hope they allow people to go through. If you looking for something to do, or looking to get in the Detroit one last time consider checking it out.

P.S. if someone can find me a digital copy of the add I would greatly apriciate it. I tried finding it online, but Cleveland.com/the plain dealer/sun news are the worst websites on the planet.

[Christopher Bindel]

I got some help. Heres a link to a photo of the add.

https://twitter.com/#!/LWOhio/status/17 ... to/1/large

[Jim O'Bryan]

I got some help. Heres a link to a photo of the add.

https://twitter.com/#!/LWOhio/status/17 ... to/1/large

Best part, you have to remove the seat yourself.

That is when it gets interesting.


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[Betsy Voinovich]

I got some help. Heres a link to a photo of the add.

https://twitter.com/#!/LWOhio/status/17 ... to/1/large

Best part, you have to remove the seat yourself.

That is when it gets interesting.


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Depressing. Of course my kids want a seat. I can try to get the seat my son sat in for his very first movie.

I took so many pictures of the Lutheran church coming down, and I never attended there, just walked through their parking lot of blooming trees with my kids, and played in their park, and read the signs on their windows encouraging faith for all.

I don't think I'm going to take any pictures of this, or buy a seat. We can remember when we could walk to the movies. We can know that no-one in the city who was in the position to do so, gave the people in the city a heads-up that this place was for sale (for three years! time to do something.) so that maybe we could have had a community-owned theater like they have in some small, very active and involved cities like ours, that have an interest in the arts, and have lots of kids. It seems that it suits the city to not let people know things until it's too late, but maybe I'm just saying that because I'm sad about this. It would have been a modest proposal. It could have been done. But not when it was sold outright to McDonalds.

Which will be great for the health of our kids and great for our reputation as a walkable, unique city-- though I do understand and relate to people who live further east down Detroit and wish they could have a McDonalds, or ANYTHING down there where everything is so empty by the old car lots. But the Detroit Theater location is near the library, the Beck center, a park, ice cream stores, shops, galleries, real restaurants. A perfect place for a cool community theater.

Betsy Voinovich

[Betsy Voinovich]

Okay, I know I said I wasn't going to take pictures. Maybe I'll just avoid the ones with the wrecking ball though I'm sure that would make an interesting video to shoot while we have ice cream at UDF. So we went over there. The cool art deco looking lights on the inside were gone. Somebody was there with an electric saw cutting out seats, the heat was off, we took some pictures of the kids in the ticket booth and took off.

Betsy Voinovich

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You missed your chance!

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Chairs trying to hide. Does that sound melodramatic?

Betsy Voinovich

[Betsy Voinovich]

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