This Geocache is dedicated to some of Michigan' most iconic movie theaters - Use the Ann Arbor Downtown Directory sign near the entrance to the State Theater - and your knowledge of famous U of M Football players - to complete the coordinates for the final stage of this cache.
The State Theatre is an operational former movie palace in Ann Arbor, Michigan, designed by C. Howard Crane in the Art Deco style.
The State was built by W.S. Butterfield Theaters, which also operated the nearby Michigan Theater.[1] The non-profit Michigan Theater Foundation has operated the theater since 1999, complementing the Michigan's programming. The State's current 4 screens are located on the balcony of the former 1900-seat auditorium. A ground-floor retail space replaced the original auditorium's main floor in 1989, housing an Urban Outfitters store until 2020.
The theater's central location and distinctive green, yellow and red marquee have made it an icon of Ann Arbor's downtown.
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The Michigan Theater opened on January 5, 1928, and was at the time the finest theater in Ann Arbor. The theater not only showed movies, but also hosted vaudeville acts, live concerts, and touring stage plays. Over the years, Jack Benny, Bing Crosby, Paul Robeson, and Ethel Barrymoreall appeared at the theater.[3]
During a renovation in 1956, many of the original ornate designs were destroyed. After a period of low attendance, the theater was threatened with demolition when its 50-year lease to Butterfield Theatres ran out in 1978, but members of the community and local organists helped raise funds to save and renovate the theater, returning it to its original design. A second screen, the Screening Room, with a state-of-the-art sound system, seating for 200, and the ability to project films digitally, was added in 1999.
The Michigan Theater is the current home of the annual Ann Arbor Film Festival, the Ann Arbor Symphony, and the Ann Arbor Concert Band. The theater has been named 2006 Outstanding Historic Theatre by the League of Historic American Theaters.[4] The theater also hosts a series of children's stage productions entitled "Not Just For Kids" and a concert series entitled "The Legends of Rock & Roll."
The Michigan Theater Building is a large, two-story block building, consisting of the Michigan Theater itself and seven retail stores fronting the street, as well as offices above. The building's exterior is clad with brown brick with cement and terra cotta trim. The main section of the facade, three bays wide, contains the entrance to the theater and two flanking stores. This section is Lombard Romanesque in style. The remaining five storefronts are all to one side of the main section, and are considerably plainer. In the plainer section are two slightly recessed storefronts that flank the stair access to the second floor. In each section, the roofline parapet contains the name of the building.[3]
The Romanesque theater entrance contains cream terra cotta columns, arches, and other Romanesque elements on the second floor; these elements on the first floor were lost to the 1956 remodeling. Decorative aprons above the second-floor arcade sections contain green and blue terra cotta, and additional decoration is within the arches. [3]
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****Note: Physical Cache is not at posted coordinates - For the coordinates of final stage - when asked for the 'number coordinate' from the downtown directory, a point on the map is referenced by a letter and a number [e.g. 'B - 2' - the number coordinate is '2']
N 42 AB.CDE W 83 FG.HIJ
A = The street number of The Ann Arbor Convention and Visitors Bureau subtracted from the street number for The Ark - the difference is the coordinate for "A"
B = The last digit of the year Jim Harbaugh made All-American during his time at Michigan
C = Number coordinate for Ann Arbor Bed & Breakfast
D = Jabrill Peppers Jersey Number
E = Number coordinate for Performance Network Theater
F = Jim Harbaugh's Jersey Number
G = Coordinate Number for Washtenaw County Administration Building
H = Tom Brady's Jersey number divided by 2
I = Coordinate number for Maynard Street Deck subtracted from the coordinate number for the Library Lane Deck
J = Coordinate Number for the Ann and Ashley Street Deck
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