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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 00:52:00

Patrons once fed live macaws in the lobby while banana trees grew beside a goldfish pond - the Fisher Theatre opened in November 1928 as one of the most extravagant rooms in America. It sits inside the Fisher Building at 3011 West Grand Boulevard, Albert Kahn's 30-storey Art Deco "Cathedral to Commerce" in Detroit's New Center, financed by the Fisher brothers with the proceeds of selling Fisher Body to General Motors. The theatre itself, by Chicago architects Graven and Mayger, was a 3,500-seat...