  Chub Member Username: Chub Post Number: 410 Registered: 11-2003 |
http://detroit.craigslist.org/ rfs/221880676.html I have nothing to do with this. I just thought it'd be of interest here. | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 2946 Registered: 08-2004 |
The Eastown Theatre is the last of Detroit's "outlying giants" as the Theatre Historical Society calls them. Detroit, like New York and Chicago in the Movie Palace era, had a group of giant neighborhood theatres that were as opulent and nearly as large as the downtown palaces. Detroit's other great neighborhood theatres were the Hollywood, the Uptown and the Grand Riviera. It is a pity that the Eastown wasn't located in a better area, such as Midtown. It is really a great theatre with a great building to match. | ||
Zephyrprocess Member Username: Zephyrprocess Post Number: 89 Registered: 08-2006 |
But...the location is convenient to Hong Moy https://www.atdetroit.net/forum/mes sages/5/85156.html?1161190182 | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 662 Registered: 12-2005 |
Gistok--true words, my friend. The Avalon was also a high-class neighborhood house, not quite as large as the aforementioned. I just don't know how anyone could make a go of the Eastown. | ||
Viziondetroit Member Username: Viziondetroit Post Number: 845 Registered: 11-2003 |
That seems like a great investment for someone with a good background in residential and entertainment management. | ||
Bvos Member Username: Bvos Post Number: 2043 Registered: 10-2003 |
A $2.5 million price tag and a Craigslist posting makes me real optimistic that this will move soon! Please, what kind of realtor lists a building of this size on Craigslist? Get a real commercial realtor if you truly care about the place. | ||
Dissaver Member Username: Dissaver Post Number: 1 Registered: 11-2006 |
If anyone is interested, the Eastown is owned by a church based in Tampa, Deeper Life Christian Ministries. You may have come in contact with their "members" collecting money at local intersections. They bought the Eastown to house their Detroit operations and use the attached apartments for their members. They have let the building fall into a bad state of disrepair. For what its worth, they owe almost $2 million on their mortgage. | ||
Detroitej72 Member Username: Detroitej72 Post Number: 408 Registered: 05-2006 |
Too late, the listing has now been removed from Craigslist. Detroitej72 | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 3084 Registered: 08-2004 |
Welcome to the forum Dissaver! Your post got me thinking about the Eastown as a Mega-Church. Because the Eastown is in a very rough neighborhood, business interest is minimal. But the theatre certainly could be restored as a 2,500 seat church. Using old theatres as a church is nothing new for old movie palaces. In New York Loew's 175th Theatre (a Thomas Lamb atmospheric theatre) is the Reverend Ike's Harlem headquarters. And Loew's Valencia, a John Eberson atmospheric theatre in Queens is also used as a church. In Los Angeles the United Artists (a fraternal twin of the Detroit UA) is owned a operated by Jehovah's Witnesses. Although use as a church is not the ideal use of these old movie palaces, they are at least preserved and maintained. (Message edited by Gistok on November 15, 2006) |
