Recognize this 'cinema' from the mid-1980s?

[night-timer]

There aren't many visual clues to go by, but can anyone identify the Detroit adult cinema used as a backdrop to this band's album photo, pictured circa 1984-85? Name/location of building would be appreciated.

[gnome]

The name is slipping my mind. But maybe these clues will rattle someone's recollection:

it is on Woodward, just got renovated, west side of the street, used to be the Graystone ballroom...blue shadow, blue kitty, bluesomethingorother.

[Kathleen]

The name is slipping my mind. But maybe these clues will rattle someone's recollection:

it is on Woodward, just got renovated, west side of the street, used to be the Graystone ballroom...blue shadow, blue kitty, bluesomethingorother.

The Sassy Cat?? Now the newly renovated Garden Theatre?

[night-timer]

Thanks so far... please keep the clues coming! Is it still a strip joint?

[night-timer]

Sassy Cat, now the Garden Theatre and, unbelievably now actually looks good inside as a live music venue for bands:

[Django]

There was another joint closer to the FOX.
Oh how I wish I would have photographed that place back then.

Maybe better luck searching the archives for Sisters of Mercy.

[Gistok]

Or how about on the east side of Woodward... the FINE ARTS THEATRE???

http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2...e-for-sale.php

[Dan Wesson]

Geez, been a long time since I thought about the strip of entertainment in HP. Here's another one.

[Honky Tonk]

I heard Dan Gilbert is including two Adult Theatres in his renovation plans.

[Hermod]

The VHS, DVD, and the internet have killed classic porn theaters.

[Gannon]

Geez, been a long time since I thought about the strip of entertainment in HP. Here's another one.

Yeah, this one became the AG church "Revival Tabernacle", which I was around when it first opened. It was always funny at the Friday night prayer service to have some fellows stumble into the lobby, usually a bit drunk, stop in their tracks and look around WIDE-EYED at the renovations...realize where they were...and try to exit gracefully.

Talk about your body language yoga...

[gnome]

Yes, Sassy Cat, in the photo you can see the distinctive sassy script on the left side of the frame.

Please forgive me on my previous bad clues, I believe I commingled the sassy cat with the Blue Moon.

[jcole]

Yes, Sassy Cat, in the photo you can see the distinctive sassy script on the left side of the frame.

Please forgive me on my previous bad clues, I believe I commingled the sassy cat with the Blue Moon.

I don't think that script says "Sassy"; I think it's the Scorpio Books sign that is right next to the Sassy Cat. Contrast and compare.
Oh, and Django, Sisters of Mercy is the band.
Here's a photo without the header:

[Dan Wesson]

There aren't many visual clues to go by, but can anyone identify the Detroit adult cinema used as a backdrop to this band's album photo, pictured circa 1984-85? Name/location of building would be appreciated.

Detroit news article and pic...

http://info.detnews.com/pix/photogal...07/index10.htm


Google Maps... https://www.google.com/search?q=3929...x-a&channel=sb

A forum from the UK asking this very same question...

see post #10, http://www.myheartland.co.uk
/viewtopic.php?p=594640


Here's another from Soulful Detroit...

http://soulfuldetroit.com/archives/3...tml?1046506670


Finally here a link an old thread from here talking about this topic...

http://www.detroityes.com/mb/showthread.php?578-Woodward-amp-Alexandrine-block&p=12453#post12453

[Bham1982]

Wasn't there another "Sassy Cat" along Woodward just north of the Fox that may have been open as recently as 10-15 years ago?

I remember going to a concert at the Fox a while back and noticing the open theater on the west side of the street just to the north of the freeway. The one floor building now appears to be demolished.

[NickCharles]

Wasn't there another "Sassy Cat" along Woodward just north of the Fox that may have been open as recently as 10-15 years ago?

Yes, that much is a fact, and I think the memory of that is bedeviling some of us in our attempts to remember just exactly what was at that Woodward/6 Mile corner 30+ years ago.

[EastsideAl]

You are probably thinking of the infamous Stone Burlesk, which was on Woodward at Henry, just north of the Fisher Fwy. [[I-75) for many years.

Open:


Closed:

[Django]

Thats the one I was thinking of EastsideAl. Where did you get those pics? Are they yours? I just love that BURLESK sign.

[56packman]

That photo was taken in front of the Sassy Cat, it's pretty plain to see.

[rb336]

There was a "miss detroit" associated with Sisters of Mercy a few years ago. don't know who that was

[Bigb23]

The American Pickers WANT that sign!

[Kathleen]

Thats the one I was thinking of EastsideAl. Where did you get those pics? Are they yours? I just love that BURLESK sign.

I thought that Open pic of the Stone Burlesk looked familiar! It's a 1998 oil painting by Robert Gniewek that is in the Flint Institute of Art.
http://flintarts.org/art/collections...k/burlesk.html

[night-timer]

Recognize This Band From The Mid-80s?

They were called The Sisters Of Mercy...

I used to see them play live when I lived in London, England, although they based themselves further north of London in the city of Leeds... well worth listening to:

Fix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJsiR9msQ94

Body and Soul: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRG0JM6whRg

Marian: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHl09zyrnZo

Full Concert: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8Y6VOoFx9E

[EastsideAl]

I thought that Open pic of the Stone Burlesk looked familiar! It's a 1998 oil painting by Robert Gniewek that is in the Flint Institute of Art.
http://flintarts.org/art/collections...k/burlesk.html

Correct! And a great, now nostalgic, picture it is too.

[9606 Prest]

Here is another painting of a Detroit theater on Woodward from Robert Gniewek.

http://www.meiselgallery.com/LKMG/ar...wid=386&aid=18

Here is more of his paintings from the Louis Meisel Gallery in NYC.

http://www.meiselgallery.com/lkmg/ar...dex.php?aid=18