"Detroit's Original Rock and Roll Palace"
This page was last updated on: July 27, 2010
These Stone Initials appear beneath the windows at each corner of the Grande. All other windows featured an iron "window box" grating. Patrons of the Grande have long speculated what they meant. Recently we received mail which has solved the mystery.
"They are the first initials of Harry Weitzman's three children. Harry Weitzman is my grandfather.  His children were Clement, Dorothy and Seymour Weitzman. Seymour and Clem owned the Grande for several years. Clem is alive and living in the Detroit area and I sure he would love to talk about the Grande. He is old but alert. Seymour, better known as S.T. was my Father. The Family would love to find a way to keep the windows sills in the family. We are hoping to look into salvage rights. As a kid I thought is was the very coolest thing to drive by and see those initials up on that building." - Annie Weitzman

Harry Weitzman Page
The Mystery of the Grande Stone Initials
1928 Blueprint
2005 Photo