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Garden Theater


2001 Photo from the Adam Martin collection.
3929 Woodward Ave
Detroit MI

Closed Adult Theatre
Record #13212  
 Opened: 1912
 Closed: Yes (date unknown)
 Current Use:
 Demolished:
Capacity: 903 seats
Architect(s): C Howard Crane
Architectural Style(s):
National Register:
Current Organ: none
 Also Known As: Peek-a-Rama, Sassy Cat

Seating just over 900, the Garden was one of the first large Detroit neighborhood theaters and featured a garden-like auditorium. The Garden opened on December 20, 1912. After closing in 1949, it was converted to nightclub use and later returned to use as a cinema with adult fare as the Peek-A-Rama and then as the Sassy Cat.

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July 2001 photos from the Adam Martin collection.


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Last featured 11/28/2004. Last edited 3/21/2010.


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