The former Duke Theater on west 8 Mile Road is being demolished. I got the heads up on this from Chris. This theater was featured in an earlier post when the marquee was revealed.
Here is a shot from when the marquee was revealed.
Nothing to recognize of the theater space left over inside.
A portion of the original ceiling visible through the water damage.
Goddamnit – I totally missed this.
yeah – thanks for the heads up on that, Chris. I shot it in the rain on the way home from a wedding job in Southfield. Exploring in wingtips, the only way to fly !
Its pretty much all gone this morning. Just the roof and support columns as well as some of the back wall left.
dang how many old theaters have been demolished lately?! the one at Michigan & Telegraph, this one, Easttown…damn.
Naw – this place was a heating and cooling business when it died. So Im guessing that is billing from that business. It was a bowling alley as well at some point.
I was wondering the same thing. Any film(s) in those boxes?
Any idea what was inside the file boxes or file folders? Theater archives?