The Grande Ballroom : Detroit's Rock 'n' Roll Palace spirit of detroit "The distance to Baghdad or

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spent a year researching what is going on in Detroit precisely because of its open space and the dire economic times we face

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The Grande Ballroom : Detroit's Rock 'n' Roll Palace spirit of detroit "The distance to Baghdad or"The Grande Ballroom : Detroit's Rock 'n' Roll Palace" by Leo Early In the 1920s, a jewel of Detroit entertainment arose on the Westside? the Grande Ballroom. The venue flourished under the ownership of infamous gambler Harry Weitzman and management of dance scion Paul Strasburg. The advent of rock n roll pushed the ballroom into hard times, but in 1966, local schoolteacher and disc jockey Russ Gibb resurrected it with the promise of live rock music.