Kramer Theater
5741 Michigan Avenue,
Detroit,
MI
48210
5741 Michigan Avenue,
Detroit,
MI
48210
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The Kramer continued operation past 1979 and also featured live concerts including The MC-5, The Sillies, and Teenage Head (from Toronto).
A widening of Michigan Avenue undertaken in 1938 made it necessary to demolish a considerable portion of the Kramer Theatre building, including a small corner of the auditorium, and the house was closed for the better part of a year. This event accounts for the drastic change in the theater’s architectural style, from Renaissance Revival to Streamline Modern. The rebuilt house reopened on February 11, 1939.
A good photo from approx. the 1940s:
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