The Eastown Theater, which once hosted such bands as Fleetwood Mac, Steppenwolf, Cream and The Amboy Dukes, has seen better days.
The abandoned building on Detroit's east side at Harper and Van Dyke is falling apart, thanks in part to scrappers.
Steve Neavling of Motor City Muckraker writes that the ornamental, dome ceiling has collapsed as scrappers continue to remove steel beams.
Neaving goes on to write:
Scrappers have been scavenging steel from the roof of the 2,500-seat theater at Harper and Van Dyke since at least February, ending whatever tiny hope remained of saving the long-neglected building.
The theater opened as a movie palace in October 1931 in a stable east-side neighborhoods. In 1969, the Eastown became a rock venue and attracted the Kinks, the Who, Jefferson Airplane, Cream, Yes, Fleetwood Mac, Steppenwolf, King Crimson, MC5 and the Stooges, according to our friends at HistoricDetroit.org.
