Photos: Demolition begins on legendary, crumbling Eastown Theatre

A large claw poked through the stage of the once-celebrated theater on Detroit’s east side today.
A large claw poked through the stage of the once-celebrated theater on Detroit’s east side today.
The 91-year-old man was dead when firefighters found him inside his house.
“I have a victim in the rear stairwell,” a firefighter radioed to the chief.
Firefighters tried to resuscitate the captain of the fire boat.
Sgt. Vince Smith was found dead in his firehouse.
The Eastown Theatre was one of Detroit’s most elegant movie palaces and later a premier rock venue during the psychedelic era.
Author Aaron Foley offers “advice on everything from buying and rehabbing a house to not sounding like a completely uninformed racist when you talk to a black person.”
Just days after we requested overtime records, Detroit launched a fraud investigation into the scheme.
Firefighters deserve courageous, principled union leadership that can work with the new commissioner and ensure that firefighters have working equipment, safe firehouses and good wages.
Less than a month after Mayor Duggan fired the head of the Detroit Fire Department, another top official is gone.