Eastland Theatres
19340 Vernier at 8 Mile Rd.,
Harper Woods,
MI
19340 Vernier at 8 Mile Rd.,
Harper Woods,
MI
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A Suburban Detroit theater, the 1200-seat Eastland opened in 1969 and was originally designed by Ted Rogvoy, the architect who earlier designed such Detroit-area treasures as the now-lost Mercury in Detroit, the State-Wayne in Wayne, and the Terrace in Livonia.
In 1975, it was twinned as the Eastland 1 & 2, with one of the auditoriums screening 70mm features.
In 1985, just as Suburban Detroit was selling the Eastland 1 & 2 to the AMC chain, it opened five more screens at the Eastland Mall, the Eastland 3-7. AMC remodeled both theater buildings in 1987, which included reducing seating to around 450 in each of the twin’s auditoriums. The Eastland 3-7 was renamed the AMC Eastland Mall 5.
Though both the 1 & 2 and Eastland Mall theaters were part of the AMC chain, the two were effectively two separate theaters, causing a bit of confusion as to which movie was playing at which location.
In 2000, both Eastland theaters were among the many smaller, out-dated Detroit-area houses which AMC shuttered during that year.
The Eastland 2 was later demolished for a Lowes.
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Bryan Krefft, Gary Flinn
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This link will take you to some photos of the Eastland Theatre, Harper Woods, Mi.
Seating capacity for the Eastland Theatre is 900.
Many memories here. Saw “Popeye”, “Poltergeist”, and “Ordinary People” to name a few. It was a quaint theatre with that feeling you were in your living room watching a movie.