Anybody got any info on the westside ballroom carcass ? There was a feeble rehab attempt a few years back, but the interiors are still completely blown out. First floor retail like the other major ballrooms.
Grand River/Fenkell [ooops – thats livernois and fenkell]
dfunkadds: Leo B. and SNWEB add some data, but Leo found the lowdown:
Yeah Leo, I am pretty sure that Tera Shirma is/was on the same stretch as the roadside sculptures seen in the “Freaky Kids” post.
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Got It.
That’s the Campus Ballroom !
A.K.A Ernie D’s Campus Ballroom.
So named for the University District.
“Frantic” Ernie Durham was a Detroit Radio Legend (WJLB)who also hosted record hops and leased the ballroom for event purposes.
I do know that Parliament/Funkadelic played there in March of 1970. P-Funk also was connected with Tera Shirma Studios just around the Corner from the Campus on Livernois.
Funkster – That ballroom was built after 1926. It doesn’t show up on the ’26 fire map, but does on the 1950 revision. I would guess probably around 27-28 it popped up.
Oh hey Leo !
It makes up the corner block of Fenkell and….. yknow I was thinking Grand River, but I think its actually Fenkell and Livernois, a block south of M10. Petosky is the street which that entryway faces.
Cool…
This one is not on my master list of Detroit Ballrooms.
Where exactly is it ? Is that 18301 Fenkell in the pic?
Leo