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Grande Ballroom - Photos Exterior

A picture of the Grande Ballroom exterior from Oct 14, 2024.

A picture of the Grande Ballroom exterior from Oct 14, 2024.

The Grande Ballroom exterior in Dec 2022.

Detroit's Grande Ballroom got an impressive new mural commemorating MC5 in 2018.

Exterior detail in Dec. 2022.

The Grande’s history stretches back to 1928, when it was built by Charles Agree, in a Moroccan-Spanish style. Agree also designed the Vanity Ballroom on Detroit’s east side, the Hollywood Theatre on Fort Street, the Whittier Hotel off East Jefferson, and the Belcrest Apartments on Cass. Photo from April 2023.

The backside of the Grande Ballroom building. Photo from April 2023.

The thought of artists that went through that back door still takes your breath away. Photo from April 2023.

Those vines indicate how long it’s been since that door has been opened! Photo from April 2023.

What's left of the escape ladder. Photo from April 2023.

The mural keeps attracting onlookers, and did even even before Los Angeles-based artist Gabe Gault had finished mapping out its dense visual narrative of social justice, musical influence and hope — along with recognition of one of Detroit's most influential bands and one of the city's most legendary music halls. Photo from April 2023.

October 2024

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