La Parisien Theater
Ford Road and Middlebelt Road,
Garden City,
MI
48135
Ford Road and Middlebelt Road,
Garden City,
MI
48135
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Wayne Amusements
Architects: Lavern R. Bennett, Eugene D. Straight
Firms: Bennett & Straight
Functions: Office Space
Styles: Streamline Moderne
Previous Names: Shafer Garden City Theater
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Built as a single screen house in 1939, called the Shafer Garden City Theater. Remodeled and renamed La Parisien Theater in 1964. Featured rocking chair seats. Later twinned. Closed in the mid-1980’s. It is now an Armed Forces recruitment center.
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Fredrick Ryan
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An article about the Shafer Theatre, with photos and a floor plan, appeared in Boxoffice of January 6, 1940.
November 13th, 1964 grand opening ad as La Parisien in photo section.
An article in the November 9, 1964 issue of Boxoffice noted the upcoming opening of the new La Parisien Theatre, but it also said that the Shafer Theatre had been demolished to make way for it.