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5/11/2009 - Tim
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The Vassar Theatre was voted Mid-Michigan''s Best Movie Theatre 2009 in a poll conducted by NBC25. The theatre also garnered more votes and comments than any other business in 63 categories.
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1/24/2006 - Tiffany
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The theater is now open for business It opened November Of 2005 and looks better that ever.
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12/3/2005 - David Smith
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The Vassar Theatre has recently reopened and has been remodeled in a style true to the original. There are beautiful murals adorning the walls, art deco draperies and fixtures and the restrooms have been tiled with black marble. The auditorium has unique features like the blue glow of a nostalgic theatre clock and balcony seating. This remodel was obviously a labor of love. This has been my dream.
Weve worked so hard on restoring the theater. Every detail has received my attention, right down to the hinges on the doors and the colors on the wall. I wanted everything done in a manner sensitive to the original architecture, Tim Obrien (owner). A new picture is definitely a must for this site.
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2/13/2003 - Michigans Historic Sites Online
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The Vassar Theater is an Art Deco style, utility building, sheathed in contrasting metalon tiles, with a baked enamel finish. The streamlined projecting marquee is trimmed in colors designed to blend with the tiled upper facade. The squared, bay window ticket office and the oval-shaped entrance doors are trimmed in chrome. The theater seats 512. The Vassar Theater is significant as a fine example of the Art Deco theater and as Vassars oldest still operating movie theater.
In 1937 Howard and and his wife Grace Smith started a partnership with Howards brother, Stanley. They hired Bennett and Straight, of Dearborn to design the theater and The Long Sign Company of Detroit to design their marquee. The Vassar Theater stayed open until 1979. In 1987 a new owner reopened the theater.
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