Metro Mercury I & II

16860 Schaefer Highway,
Detroit, MI 48235

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lostmemory
lostmemory on May 6, 2009 at 11:33 am

1979 Photo

lostmemory
lostmemory on August 26, 2008 at 9:26 am

This is a photo of the Mercury Theater circa 1960.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on January 26, 2008 at 9:31 pm

The mural photos were posted by Lost Memory on 8/8/05. They don’t need to be reposted.

hickey56
hickey56 on March 27, 2007 at 3:54 am

Please oh please repost those pics of the Mercury! I would so love to see them! Please slugger! I’ve already seen the ones at waterwinterwonderland, would love to see others.

Thank you!

Slugger
Slugger on January 5, 2007 at 7:33 pm

missmerc
thanks so much for the great photos. It really brings back memories. Where on earth did you get them? Could you email me higher resolution copies?

Irene
Irene on October 6, 2006 at 7:24 am

Slugger,
go to waterwinterwonderland.com and find the Mercury Theater. I sent them some great shots of the murals that were sent to me. This site is
not accepting photos right now, so I couldn’t post them here.
missmerc

Slugger
Slugger on August 8, 2005 at 10:12 am

Thanks, must’ve been toward the end. Sigh… A place that brought so many happy memories. I would love to have some shots of the astromonical murals in the auditorium.

lostmemory
lostmemory on August 8, 2005 at 9:50 am

Here are some photos of the Mercury Theater in Detroit.

Slugger
Slugger on November 23, 2004 at 7:54 pm

I am going to try to contact Rogvoy Architects to see if they have any pictures. Perhaps someone who frequents this site can help.

Irene
Irene on October 19, 2004 at 10:07 pm

Slugger,
I’m glad someone else laments the demolition of the glorious Mercury murals.They were indeed magical. I didn’t get to go there very often, and I don’t remember which movies I saw there, but I’ll never forget those grand and ethereal figures flying silently among the planets and stars. They always made me feel as if I were there with them in outer space. It’s hard for me to believe that no one considered the murals worth recording, not to mention saving. Surely there must be some record of them from the time the theater was built?

Slugger
Slugger on September 12, 2004 at 9:43 am

I loved this theater. I grew up nearby and on the last day of school, the nuns would hand out coupon books to all the kids. The coupons were for matinees. I saw at least 300 movies at the Mercury. Including the first runs of, “To Kill a Mockingbird”, “ The Miracle Worker”, “The Music Man” etc. The murals on the walls were magic. I spent as much time looking at them as I did watching the movies. I remember the last movie I saw there. It was “To Sir with Love” in 1967. I was sad to hear it was demolished. I wonder if anyone has any photos of the murals.