United Artists Theatre Building

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The United Artists Theatre Building is a vacant high-rise tower in downtown Detroit, Michigan, standing at 150 Bagely Street. It was constructed in 1928 and stands 18 storeys tall. The building was designed in the renaissance revival architectural style, and is made of mainly brick.

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This building is currently vacant with no immediate plans to renovate
The original 10-storey, vertical sign was replaced in the 1950s with a marquee that remained until 2005.
The Downtown Detroit United Artists Theater sat 2,070 people.
By 1975, the theater was sold off and rarely used, and by 1984 the office building was shuttered.
In preparation for the 2006 NFL Super Bowl, graffiti was removed from all the windows of the building, and the lower levels received a coat of black paint to hide the graffiti work at the base of this building.