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The Film Exchange Building (FEB) is located in Detroit, Michigan, and was designed by C. Howard Crane and built in 1926 for the distribution and booking of movies for the Detroit area. This seven-story building was built near the city's theater district and is located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Cass Avenue and W. Montcalm ...
W. S. Butterfield Theatres, Inc. was an American operator of vaudeville theaters and later movie theaters in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.Beginning in the early 1900s, "Colonel" Walter Scott Butterfield expanded his business from one vaudeville house in Battle Creek in 1906 to 114 cinemas across Michigan in 1942. [1]
The State Wayne Theater (originally the State Theater, now known as the Phoenix State Wayne Theater for sponsorship reasons) is a motion picture theater located in Wayne, Michigan at 35310 Michigan Avenue. The multi-screen movie house is owned and operated by Phoenix Theaters and operates 3 screens which show first-run movies and a live ...
Wolverine Theater (3301 Michigan Avenue): constructed c. 1918. A one-story brick building with a large parapet originally used for signage. The facade is covered with vertical wood siding. [2] 3311 Michigan Avenue: constructed c. 1922. A one-story brick building with a flat roof. The front has brick column detailing and a stone cap. [2]
The theatre was constructed in 1925 as a movie house in the Renaissance Revival style of architecture. C. Howard Crane was the original architect, and the building is still called the Francis Palms Building. The theatre was originally called the State Theatre when it opened in 1925.
The Michigan Building is an office building and the former Michigan Theater in downtown Detroit, Michigan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was constructed in 1925 and stands at 13 floors in height. The building contains a bar, restaurant, retail space, office space, a parking garage, and the shared coworking space Cowork at The Michigan .
The early 20th century was the dawn of the movie age, and in Detroit it began on Monroe Avenue. The first movie theater in Detroit, the Casino, was opened on Monroe Avenue in 1906 by John H. Kunsky. [7] It was reputedly the second movie theatre in the world, [7] and it propelled Kunsky to a 20-theatre empire worth $7 million in 1929. [7]
Emagine Entertainment Inc. is an American movie theater chain based in Troy, Michigan, operating 28 cinemas in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.Emagine is ranked as the 9th largest theatre chain in North America.