Lasky Theatre
13320 Joseph Campau Avenue,
Hamtramck,
MI
48212
13320 Joseph Campau Avenue,
Hamtramck,
MI
48212
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I didnt know you wanted present day photos. I will see what I can do
Well can you go inside soon and take some? I really am interested in this theatre :P I wont go without pics
Thanks for sharing all of this with us Lasky! I wonder if the Detroit Historical Society or any other local libraries or organizations might have one or more of these photos?
Many times I have tried in the past to get these, but as I have owned the building for the last 25 years, and it has been in my family since it was built in 1911, noone has any pictures other than what I might have.
Can you ask someone in your family if they have interior pics?
None of those things were saved. I am to young to even have been born when the transformation was done. As I said, the old engine is still in place that powered that first air conditioner. I have never seen the inside myself and would love to see any pics that anyone has of the theater. The old brackets that once held the screen are still in the top of the wall. The old bathrooms are still there as original as they were. We just closed the building on Jan 1, 2004.
Well any pics would be nice, even as it being today, feel free to post a link.Do you have any of the old theatre artifacts like the ticket booth, project stuff, seats, etc? Once again thanks.
The theater is not intact anymore, and there is probably no way the cost would be worthwhile to convert it back to a theater. Sadly, I do not have any interior pics from when it was a theater, only as a furniture store.
So could the theatre be opened say like tomorrow or is everything gone, and has no opportunity to become a theatre? Also thanks Lasky. Do you have a interior pictures of the place?
It was never ‘Gutted" into furniture. Part of the building was built to sell furniture from the very beginning. When the theater closed that part of the building was converted into more selling space. There were still more stores renting space on the Davison side until 1964.
here are some pics: View link
Why did you guys gut it into furniture? Bad idea.
My family has owned the building since it was built in 1911. it was used by us for 4 generations for furniture. It was supposed to have one of the first air conditioned theaters in the country. The V8 engine that powered is still in place. We still own the building as of today, 2003
My family has owned the building since it was built in 1911. it was used by us for 4 generations for furniture. It was supposed to have one of the first air conditioned theaters in the country. The V* engine that powered is still in place. We still own the building as of today, 2003