The Detroit Athletic Club is a private social club and athletic club located in the heart of Detroit's theater, sports, and entertainment district. It is located across the street from Detroit's historic Music Hall. The clubhouse was designed by Albert Kahn and inspired by Rome's Palazzo Farnese. It maintains reciprocal agreements for their members at other private clubs worldwide. It contains full-service athletic facilities, pools, restaurants, ballrooms, and guest rooms. Members include businessmen of all types as well as professional athletes. Ty Cobb is among the athletes to have been a member of the DAC. The building is visible beyond center field from Comerica Park.HistoryThe Detroit Athletic Club was founded in 1887 to encourage amateur athletic activities, and built a clubhouse with a tract in what is now Detroit's Cultural Center. Henry Joy, son of the man who built the Michigan Central into one of the nation's most successful large railroads, served as president of the Packard Motor Car Company in the early decades of the last century. He felt that the rich new titans of the booming automobile industry spent too much time in the Woodward Avenue pubs. He thought they needed a club commensurate with this stature. On January 4, 1913, Joy and 108 other leading Detroit citizens came together to reorient the Detroit Athletic Club. Joy and his colleagues selected Detroit's most accomplished architect, Albert Kahn.PeopleKahn, in 1912, had visited Italy and was inspired by the buildings he saw there. Two of Detroit's most impressive current downtown edifices—the Detroit Athletic Club and the Police Department headquarters on Beaubien—reflect what Kahn saw in Italy. The Palazzo Borghese in Rome provided Kahn with a model for much of the Detroit Athletic Club, but the idea of using the large impressive windows for the impressive fourth floor dining room—called the Grill Room—came from the Palazzo Farnese. In the 1990s, the membership devoted substantial fund to a major refurbishing of the attractive building.
Bikram Yoga Midtown Detroit is a fully equipped yoga studio located in the city of Detroit. Our focus is small class size and individual attention. We have highly qualified and professional teachers and plenty of street parking. Bikram Yoga is an invigorating work out for all levels. The series features two breathing exercises and 26 hatha yoga postures, practiced in a heated room.
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True Body Fitness of Detroit is a progressive fitness studio that serves your needs on the path to a better you. Our loft-style studio located in the historic Corktown neighborhood is a comfortable environment where you can pursue your fitness goals without attitude or judgment. Our objective is to help you build and maintain a happier, healthier and better life.
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Pulse Fitness Detroit is centrally located in Detroit’s financial district on the 3rd floor of the landmark building Ally Detroit Center. Within walking distance to business, entertainment and restaurants, our first class facility is a convenient place to provide your fitness needs before, during and after the work day. Beautifully designed, our 12,000 sq. ft. facility is equipped with top of the line equipment from Lifefitness, and many amenities including a shake bar, large locker rooms with showers, towel service and a beautiful studio where we host our group fitness classes. We provide 2 hours of validated parking at the Two Detroit parking garage.
Be it a formal ball or an intimate dinner, the Detroit Athletic Club offers the perfect setting for your affair. Let us set your event apart and leave a lasting impression on your guests. With a rich tradition of service, the Detroit Athletic Club stands uncommonly qualified to bring the personal attention to detail that your event deserves.
Brenda Freeman is a 3rd generation NYC classically certified Authentic Pilates Instructor. Brenda has been teaching Pilates since 2004 and has studied under and taken workshops from well known Pilates Instructors and authors such as, Jennifer Kries, Brett Howard, Simona Cipriani, Mari Windsor, Kathryn Ross-Nash, Chris Robinson, Jay Grimes, Peter Fiasca, Brooke Siler, Sean Gallagher and Joseph Muscolino. Locally, Brenda has taught at Core Sport Pilates in Plymouth and Rasa Yoga of Novi. Before arriving to the area, she worked at Central Michigan University (CMU) for 5 years where she developed and taught the Pilates Mat course as part of the Physical education department. She has also taught at Studio Core in Saginaw, MI, Central Michigan Community Hospital in Mt. Pleasant, Dance studios and yoga studios. Brenda discovered the ‘art’ of Pilates in 2000 after her first son was born via Cesarean section. Pilates helped her redevelop her core strength and heal from her own surgery in order to be strong enough to have a VBAC for her second birth. Besides loving and teaching Pilates, Brenda is a Graduate of CMU with a bachelor’s degree in Art Education. When she is not teaching Pilates, she is creating art, listening to NPR, gardening, baking cookies, admiring the moon and raising two fine young men, Josiah and Israel.
Start the year off right with a great fitness and self-defense program. Tha Rebellion Fitness and Self-Defense was established by Cameron Cullers, certified fitness trainer (W.I.T.S. Personal Trainer/AFAA Kickboxing certification) as well as Hollywood stuntman and martial artist. This program enables participants to tone and sculpt their bodies all while learning how to defend themselves from attackers. Forms of cardio, kickboxing and Cross-Fit training are the foundations of Tha Rebellion fitness program. Monthly memberships are offered at reasonable rates. Classes are on Wednesday and Thursday nights at 7pm. Location is: 1301 West Lafayette Boulevard, Ste 111. Detroit, MI 48226. Spots are limited. To ensure availability, please register at [email protected]. Registration is on a first come, first serve basis.
Newly Formed Michigan Black Chamber of Commerce Introduces its Board of Directors and Statewide Business Drive Organization will be the advocate for the economic empowerment and sustainability of African American businesses in Michigan. Detroit, MI (February 14, 2011) – Michigan black business leaders have come together to combat the challenged Michigan economy for African American businesses by establishing the Michigan Black Chamber of Commerce (MBCC). The black chamber will introduce its board of directors; goals and black business membership drive at a press conference on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. The press conference will be held at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. President and CEO Ron Busby, Sr. of the US Black Chamber of Commerce (USBC) is coming to Detroit to participate in MBCC’s press conference; welcome MBCC as an affiliate; and provide remarks on behalf of the national organization. USBC is the recognized national voice of black business in America. It advocates for more than 1.2 million black-owned businesses’ well-being and prosperity. MBCC’s new board was sworn-in on February 9th by the Honorable Craig Strong, Judge of Wayne County 3rd District Court. The new board members are William Brooks (Chairman), Charlie Beckham (Chairman Elect), Ken Harris (President/CEO), Pamela Rodgers (Vice President), Wayne Phillips (Treasurer), Reuben Munday (Secretary), Louis Green (State Advisor), Rod Rickman (National Advisor), Douglass Diggs, Natalie King, Mark Douglas, Dennis Archer, Jr., Dr. Geneva Williams, Cheryl Richardson, Hiram Jackson, Robert Chavis, Andrew G. McLemore, Jr., T. A. El Amin, Rumia Burbank, Eric Hardy and David Burnley. The MBCC is Michigan’s first statewide black chamber of commerce. The black chamber’s creation is the culmination of efforts by a network of business organizations called the African American Business Alliance. In 2010, the Alliance refocused its advocacy efforts to establish and transition into the first African American statewide business organization – the Michigan Black Chamber of Commerce. According to Ken Harris, the chamber’s president and CEO, “The Michigan Black Chamber of Commerce will aggressively advocate for the economic gardening, growth and capacity building of Michigan black-owned businesses. As a mission-based member driven organization, the black chamber will provide quality resources, benefits, services and access needed to help stimulate economic viability throughout Michigan. Our efforts will nurture an environment of economic parity helping black businesses to expand and create jobs, jobs, jobs in the community." A report of findings on the state of black business will be presented during the MBCC’s State of Black Business Convention to be held on Thursday, June 23, 2011, at the Fort Shelby Hotel Doubletree Guests Suites. During 2011 and 2012, the MBCC will launch local black chambers of commerce throughout many urban cities including Detroit, Lansing, Flint, Grand Rapids, Southfield, Oak Park, Pontiac, Ann Arbor, Benton Harbor, Kalamazoo, Ypsilanti, Jackson, Birmingham, Battle Creek, Idle Wild, Royal Oak and Muskegon. ####
Bleu Detroit is a unique open venue in the heart of the city of Detroit. It is a perfect location for corporate events, fashion shows, holiday receptions, networking functions and much more. Our stylish and sophisticated venue offers ease of access with its proximity to all the major roadways as well as access to the people mover. Our professional and friendly bar staff caters to whatever needs you may have. So whether it is a fraternity/sorority function, day party, product launch, holiday soiree, business function or even a wedding, allow us to help you create a memorable time for your special occasion.