Harpos Concert Theatre - Detroit, MI
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N 42° 24.234 W 082° 57.972
17T E 338194 N 4696494
Harpo's Concert Theatre opened in 1939 as a movie theatre northeast of the downtown Detroit area. It switched to being a concert venue around 1976.
Waymark Code: WM1BE1Q
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 01/26/2025
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Alfouine
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Detroit's Harpos Theatre was originally called Harper Theatre, named for its location on Harper Avenue. It boasted an 80-foot towering marquee that could be seen blocks away. Designed by architect Charles N.Agree for the Wisper and Wetsman theater chain of Michigan, the Harper Theatre could hold almost 2,000 people and featured an art deco exterior plus large murals in the lobby and auditorium by local Detroit artist, Thomas di Lorenzo. (*note: Lorenzo also did murals and sculptures for other Wisper and Wetsman theaters such as the Royall Theater, and did the famous mural of the apostles at Detroit's Central United Methodist Church.) In the 1970's the theatre was converted into a nightclub/discotheque and its name was changed to Harpo's.-Harpo's Detroit
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