Vanity Ballroom Building, Detroit

Name: Vanity Ballroom Building
Address: Detroit, United States

#352 among attractions in Detroit

Nightlife, Music and shows, Music venue

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The Vanity Ballroom Building is a public building located at 1024 Newport Street in Detroit, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Although the building is recorded as the last intact ballroom of the multiple Detroit dance halls that hosted big bands in the 1930s–50s, such claims ignore the abandoned yet still standing Grande Ballroom on Grand River Avenue. ()

Alternative names: Built: 1929 (95 years ago)Architectural style: Art DecoCoordinates: 42°22'20"N, 82°56'46"W

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Far East Detroit (Fox Creek)Detroit United States

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Nearby attractions include: Pewabic, Detroit Yacht Club, Alger Theater, Spiritual Israel Church and Its Army Temple.

1.9 miW
Museum, Art museum, Classes and workshops
Pewabic, Detroit
50 min walk • Pewabic Pottery is a ceramic studio and school at 10125 East Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan. Founded in 1903, the studio is known for its iridescent glazes, some of which grace notable buildings such as the Shedd Aquarium and Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
2.1 miSW
Yacht club, Sailing
Detroit Yacht Club, Detroit
55 min walk • The Detroit Yacht Club is a private yacht club in Detroit, Michigan, located on its own island off of Belle Isle in the Detroit River between the MacArthur Bridge and the DTE generating plant. The DYC clubhouse is a restored 1920s Mediterranean-style villa that is the largest yacht club clubhouse in the United States.
2.2 miN
Theater
Alger Theater, Detroit
57 min walk • The Alger Theater is a theatre located at 16451 East Warren Avenue in the MorningSide neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan. It is one of only two remaining intact and unchanged neighborhood theaters in the city of Detroit.
2.1 miW
Church, Neoclassical architecture
Spiritual Israel Church and Its Army Temple, Detroit
55 min walk • The Spiritual Israel Church and Its Army Temple, originally known as the Amity Lodge No. 335 Temple, is a historic building located at 9375 Amity Street in Detroit, Michigan, on the city's east side. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
2.7 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Christ Church Chapel, Grosse Pointe
68 min walk • The Christ Church Chapel is a religious building located at 61 Grosse Pointe Blvd. in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan. It is also known as the Christ Church Grosse Pointe or the Christ Episcopal Church. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1992 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
2.7 miSW
Island
Belle Isle Park, Detroit
68 min walk • Belle Isle Park, known simply as Belle Isle, is a 982-acre island park in Detroit, Michigan, developed in the late 19th century. It consists of Belle Isle, an island in the Detroit River, as well as several surrounding islets. The U.S.-Canada border is in the channel south of Belle Isle such that the island is not in Canada.
2.1 miNW
42°23'41"N • 82°58'28"W
Wayne County Family Aquatic Center, Detroit
55 min walk • Watersports, Water park, Sport complex
2.4 miNW
Concerts and shows, Theater, Concert hall
Harpos Concert Theatre, Detroit
62 min walk • Harpos Concert Theatre is a music venue located at 14238 Harper Avenue, Detroit, Michigan. It is known as a venue for heavy metal and industrial rock.
2.2 miSW
Spanish colonial revival architecture
Manoogian Mansion, Detroit
57 min walk • The Manoogian Mansion is the official residence of the Mayor of Detroit, Michigan. It is located at 9240 Dwight Street in the Berry Subdivision Historic District, on the city's east side, backing up to the Detroit River.
2 miSW
Monuments and statues
Hurlbut Memorial Gate, Detroit
51 min walk • Hurlbut Memorial Gate is a monumental structure, 132 ft long, 50 ft high, and 40 ft in depth, at the entry way to Water Works Park located at East Jefferson Avenue and Cadillac Boulevard in a historic area of Detroit, Michigan.
2.5 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Grosse Pointe Memorial Church, Grosse Pointe
65 min walk • The Grosse Pointe Memorial Church is a church located at 16 Lake Shore Drive in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA. it is a member of the Presbyterian Church, USA.