In the mid 1980’s the Delman was converted to a rock club called “Mother Blues” which had been at a couple of other locations in the previous decades. It went out of business pretty quick. Then it sat vacant for awhile. My father and I would try and keep it secure, but vandals would break in and steal the copper piping etc. Finally it was demolished, which was complicated by it being full of asbestos. Pretty depressing. My old man designed a lot of buildings in Dallas and didn’t like seeing his torn down. I don’t suppose any architect does. It was a cool theatre in it’s heyday, when single screen houses were the norm. I.B. Adelman had an office with the entrance off the back parking lot that he occasionally used. It was like a time capsule with this hip mid-century office furniture. JGarland, did you ever work with my sister Sallie Swank?
No, I think my sister worked there a few years later, and she never married. (At least, she hasn’t yet.)
In the mid 1980’s the Delman was converted to a rock club called “Mother Blues” which had been at a couple of other locations in the previous decades. It went out of business pretty quick. Then it sat vacant for awhile. My father and I would try and keep it secure, but vandals would break in and steal the copper piping etc. Finally it was demolished, which was complicated by it being full of asbestos. Pretty depressing. My old man designed a lot of buildings in Dallas and didn’t like seeing his torn down. I don’t suppose any architect does. It was a cool theatre in it’s heyday, when single screen houses were the norm. I.B. Adelman had an office with the entrance off the back parking lot that he occasionally used. It was like a time capsule with this hip mid-century office furniture. JGarland, did you ever work with my sister Sallie Swank?
Arch B. Swank designed the Delman in 1947. He was friends with Isadore Adelman. It’s definitely been demolished.