Palms Building and State Theatre on Woodward Avenue (Circa 1925)

An elevated rooftop view overlooking Detroit brick buildings toward the white Palms Building featuring the vertical State Theatre sign. — Palms Building and State Theatre on Woodward Avenue (Circa 1925) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

Captured from an upper-floor window of the downtown YMCA or adjacent hotel, Donald A. Hall Sr. recorded this rooftop perspective across downtown Detroit toward Woodward Avenue. The view is anchored by the 12-story white classical facade of the Palms Building, home to the State Theatre, showcasing its vertical illuminated neon blade sign rising above brick commercial lofts, water towers, and painted wall advertisements.