Riviera Theatre

9222 Grand River Avenue,
Detroit, MI 48208

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Patsy
Patsy on January 10, 2005 at 1:02 pm

Thank goodness the Fox/Detroit was saved, but sorry to read that the Riviera wasn’t and it was an atmospheric-Eberson palace!

sdoerr
sdoerr on January 8, 2005 at 4:25 pm

Library of Congress has some good pics and drawings of the building.

They are nice to crop print and have a copy of this great theater.

sdoerr
sdoerr on November 8, 2004 at 5:30 pm

This link will take you to a photo of the Riviera and the Annex.

richardg
richardg on March 16, 2004 at 7:30 pm

I passed by this theatre in 1980 while trying to locate a recording artist who lived in the area in the 1960’s. Although I never found the recording artist, I got to see the amazing exterior of this theatre. Although closed and in disrepair, it was still impressive. Unfortunately, I knew from the neighborhood’s blight that the theatre would never reopen.
I was looking for a recording artist who I included on an album titled, “The Other Kings”. The “other king” may have eluded me but I found his “palace”

DavidKirker
DavidKirker on September 5, 2002 at 8:05 am

I went to the Riviera several times as a kid in the forties. I remember seeing Errol Flynn as Robin Hood there. I lived near Southfield and Joy Road. I also went to the Norwest (which you have a picture of), but would love to see a picture of the Warren. I probably went there the most. I used to have to walk through Herman Gardens. I don’t think you’d get through there alive today. How sad that makes me. I also used to go occasionally to the Stanley Theatre. That was a smaller theatre. Dave