The Grande Ballroom

Around the corner from Motown, on Grand River Avenue, are the ruins of the Grande Ballroom whose enduring fame came from its last days. The growth of rock 'n' roll as a concert and recording industry that occurred with the youth culture scene in the sixties briefly reprieved some the great movie theaters and ballrooms of Detroit.  Such was the case when Russ Gibb reprised the Grande as the Grande Ballroom and organized a string of legendary concerts.