Hiland Theatre
13843 Woodward Avenue,
Highland Park,
MI
48203
13843 Woodward Avenue,
Highland Park,
MI
48203
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The Highland Park opened in 1915, designed by B.C. Wetzell, who also designed several other Detroit-area theaters, like the DeLuxe and Arcade. It could seat 1,600 and may have originally been a vaudeville house before switching to movies sometime later.
In 1967, it was renamed the Paris Theatre, and began screening adult fare. Three years later, it received another new name, the Hiland Art Theatre. Wayne County prosecutors fought to have the Hiland shut down during the 1980’s, claiming it was being used as a front for prostitution.
The old theater is now in an advanced state of disrepair.
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Bryan Krefft
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A picture is here:
www.internationalmetropolis.com/detroit/detroitpics/highlandpark/index.htm
Sorry, don’t try to go there. I tried it and it doesn’t work.
There is a modern and a vintage photo of the Hiland Theater at this website.
Trouble in 1971:
http://tinyurl.com/2qnnr3
According to that court document, this theater was known as the Hiland Art Theater in 1968.
This website has another photo.
This is from Boxoffice magazine in September 1963:
The Hiland Theater in Highland Park, operated for years by William London and the Brooks Brothers, Leonard and Bernard, has closed.
Here is a 1982 photo.
Detroit Funk has visited the neighborhood, which has visibly deteriorated since the Google car last went through. Eighth picture from the top shows some of the theater.
The building seems to have undergone a serious fire. The roof is gone and the upper story is largely gutted, from what you can see from street level.