Michigan Theatre - Photos
Michigan Theatre

Detail of part of the decorative ceiling that still hangs in the theater-turned-parking garage
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A detail of the decorative plaster near the proscenium arch
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The Michigan Theatre's interior features fleur de lis and an Italian Renaissance design.
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Detail of the proscenium arch that survives in the theater-turned-parking garage
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The Michigan Theatre may just be the world's most ornate and beautiful parking garage.
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Where the Michigan Theatre's lobby used to be
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Where the balcony used to be. At the top, you can see where the projector used to be.
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Decorative plaster still lines the ceiling of the Michigan Theatre.
Dan Austin/HistoricDetroit.org

Decorative plaster still lines the ceiling of the Michigan Theatre.
Dan Austin/HistoricDetroit.org

Looking toward the proscenium arch. Cars now park where moviegoers once parked their seats.
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Detail from above the proscenium arch that survives in the theater-turned-parking garage
Dan Austin/HistoricDetroit.org

Detail of part of the decorative ceiling that still hangs in the theater-turned-parking garage
Dan Austin/HistoricDetroit.org

The elaborate ceiling of the Michigan Theatre still awes above the parked cars.
Anthony Barchock (www.facebook.com/francisfotos) for HistoricDetroit.org