Hiland Theatre
13843 Woodward Avenue,
Highland Park,
MI
48203
13843 Woodward Avenue,
Highland Park,
MI
48203
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The roof is falling in.
September 4th, 1963 grand opening ad as Paris in photo section.
If you look at the structure to the right of the theater in the above photo, you’ll see that it was Highland Applicances.
I believe that was the forerunner to the old Highland Superstores appliance chain.
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.
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.
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.
Trouble in 1971:
http://tinyurl.com/2qnnr3
Sorry, don’t try to go there. I tried it and it doesn’t work.
A picture is here:
www.internationalmetropolis.com/detroit/detroitpics/highlandpark/index.htm
Response to Neo:
Vincent Chinn was not killed at a theatre. The Fancy Pants was a Bar, located one block south of the Davison Expressway.
Why everyone thinks that he was killed at the Hiland Theatre is beyond me. Perhaps someone with mystic powers of mind control is working on the general populace making them beleive it was the Hiland Theatre.
Vincent Chin was killed at the theater, which is i believe the reason it was closed.
I like a lot of your comments on the Hiland Theatre. There is one item I wanted to point out to you. The Fancy Pants was a bottomless bar located further south along Woodward Ave. on the E. side of the street. It was actually one block south of the Davidson expressway The Fancy pants was torn down many years ago after it was closed perminately following a beating incident which resulted in death.
One a lighter note, there was one more theatre located a few blocks north of the Davidson expressway on the W. side of Woodward. It was before the Highland Theatre, I beleive it was off the corner of Grand Ave. and Woodward. The entrance was not in front but actually off to the side on Grand Ave. as I was told by people much older than myself.