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The river side (back side of this building) is a huge and imposing art deco structure that looks like a chair and was once called Insull's Throne or Insull's Folly - depending on whether or not you thought that Samuel Insull had made a wise choice by building a huge 45 story structure at the onset of the Great Depression.
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Information from Cinema Treasures website ( go there to see a picture of this beauty while it was still open cinematreasures.org/theaters/2650 )
Opened in 1941, the Civic Detroit Theater was an Art Moderne style first-run house, which could seat around 1,455, all on a single floor. It was also known at various times as the Detroit Civic Theatre.
In 1980, it was acquired by Eric and Ervin Steiner, who triplexed the auditorium in 1981.
It closed in 1984, and was subsequently used as a furniture warehouse, though it retains some of its original decoration.
Had done 86k miles at its last MoT, a healthy 12,000 up on the previous year. Inevitably it's had some failures on corrosion, but its owner seems keen to keep it going.
I was surprised to find such a good looking 1980 first generation Civic, and in such a very 1970s apple green colour to make it even better. This must be a facelifted model, since it has a hatch. First Civics did not come with one.
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My friend sent me a link saying this theater opened in 1941 and ultimately closed in 1984. It had been used as warehouse space until it closed for good.
The Civic Opera Building is a 45-story office tower (plus two 22-story wings) located at 20 North Wacker Drive in Chicago. The building opened on November 4, 1929 and has an Art Deco interior. It contains a 3,563-seat opera house, the Civic Opera House, which is the second-largest opera auditorium in North America. Today, the opera house is the permanent home of the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Explored July 28, 2014 #126.
I see this scruffy looking Civic around town a lot. This time I found it sat next to a 90's Civic CRX. Shows that car design has gone from characterful to bland in under 20 years.
You may notice the wheels on the left side are gold coloured while the wheels on the other side are still black.