Adams Theatre - Demolition photos
Adams Theatre
The stage and stagehouse of the Adams Theatre falls to the wreckers on June 30, 2009.
The Adams Theatre, as seen from Elizabeth Street, prepares to undergo demolition on May 29, 2009.
An excavator tears into the Adams Theatre on June 1, 2009, already making quick work on the auditorium within days of demolition beginning.
Demolition of the Adams Theatre on June 1, 2009, as seen from the roof of the Fillmore Detroit theater across the street.
Demolition crews rip down the Adams auditorium's balcony on June 1, 2009.
Demolition of the Adams Theatre on June 1, 2009.
The portion of the theater building housing the stage and stage house on June 1, 2009.
The Adams auditorium under demolition June 1, 2009, with the back of the Fine Arts Building that it was connected to in the background.
The stage portion of the Adams Theatre was the last portion to go. Photo taken June 1, 2009.
Demolition of the Adams Theatre on June 1, 2009, with the Kales Building in the background.
The remains of the Adams Theatre on June 1, 2009, as seen from Elizabeth Street.
The Adams Theatre undergoing demolition on June 1, 2009, as seen from the roof of the Fillmore Detroit theater across Elizabeth Street. The Hotel Charlevoix, which has also since been razed, is in the background.
The Adams Theatre undergoing demolition on June 1, 2009.
The Adams Theatre's balcony begins to fall on June 2, 2009.
The Adams' balcony under attack on June 2, 2009.
The Adams Theatre's projector lies atop the rubble on June 2, 2009.
Demolition of the Adams Theatre on June 3, 2009.
Demolition continues June 3, 2009. View looking west down Elizabeth Street from Woodward Avenue.
The skeleton of the Adams Theatre auditorium's balcony exposed on June 3, 2009.
Demolition of the Adams Theatre on June 4, 2009, as seen from Elizabeth Street.
The mangled remains of the Adams Theatre's balcony rises above the rubble on June 4, 2009.
The stage and stagehouse portion of the Adams Theatre on June 4, 2009.
Most of the Adams Theatre is gone by June 8, 2009.
The eastern half of the Adams Theatre is all but gone on June 12, 2009. The Fine Arts Building, which connected theatergoers to the auditorium via a walkway above the alley, is seen in the background.
The stage and stagehouse of the Adams Theatre on June 12, 2009, is the wreckers' next target.
Demolition begins in earnest on the stagehouse on June 20, 2009.