Video: Once-venerable Eastown Theatre comes crashing down
The video includes music from a Grateful Dead performance at the theater in 1971.
25 photos chronicling the demise of the Eastown Theatre in Detroit
Goodbye, Eastown Theatre.
Video: Demo crews raze Eastown Theatre’s legendary stage
A demolition crew toppled the stage and interior of the once-elegant Eastown Theatre on Detroit’s east side on Tuesday, bringing down power lines with it.
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.
Sinkhole opens up along two lanes of E. Jefferson in Detroit
The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department appeared to be no hurry to prevent a sinkhole from opening up late Monday afternoon on East Jefferson near St. Jean.
Morning of hell: 3 firefighters injured, 7 houses destroyed, 2 fire trucks break down
Fire hydrants malfunctioned as overstretched firefighters did all they could.
Detroit’s response to mock plane crash at airport was a disaster
A mock crash landing at Detroit’s city airport was nothing short of a disaster Tuesday, raising serious questions about the city’s preparedness for a real catastrophe.
City of Detroit approved permits for tiger that got loose at Packard Plant
Packard Plant employees insist they did not know a world-renowned wildlife photographer was bringing animals with him for a photo shoot at the abandoned factory on Detroit’s east side Monday morning.
House fire spreads after every hydrant in Detroit neighborhood fails
A firefighter delivered the dreaded news: “We can’t find any working hydrants.”
11 photos: Large fire tears through 2 houses on Detroit’s east side
Neighbors said scrappers recently tore apart the abandoned houses for any metal of value.