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25-1000: The Detroit Roller Derby league comprises four home teams: the D-Funk Allstars, the Devil's Night Dames, the Detroit Pistoffs, and the Grand Prix Madonnas. In 2010 the league added the Grand Prix Madonnas and moved venues from the Detroit Masonic Temple to Cobo Arena . Due to renovations at Cobo, the league has returned to the Detroit Masonic Temple, and occasionally hosts games at the Taylor Sportsplex. The league also has three inter-league travel teams; "A" and "B" all-star teams: The Detroit Roller Derby Allstars,

50-483: A swimming pool , handball court, gymnasium, bowling alley, and a pool hall . It is currently the home of the Detroit Handball Club. The building includes numerous lodge rooms, offices, and dining spaces, as well as a hotel section. Although the hotel rooms are available to any noble of the mystic shrine or blue lodge mason, none are currently in usable condition. Architect George D. Mason designed

75-476: A "C" team: Motor City Disassembly Line (MCDL), and a pick-up style team containing various skill levels: Motown Wreckers. The Detroit Derby Girls finished third in the 2009 WFTDA North Central Regional Tournament , qualifying them to compete in the 2009 National Tournament. At the 2009 WFTDA National Championships , the DDG faced defending WFTDA champions Gotham Girls Roller Derby in the first round. Gotham won by

100-472: A Commandery Asylum for the Knights Templar . The Scottish Rite Cathedral has a seating capacity of 1600. Its stage is 64-feet (19.5 m) wide from wall to wall, with a depth of 37 feet (11 m) from the foot lights. Architect George D. Mason designed the theatre, which contains a 55-foot-by-100-foot (17 x 30 m) stage. Detroit Masonic Temple was designed in the neo-gothic architectural style , and

125-582: A capacity of 5,000. Due to poor sight lines along the sides of the stage, nearly 600 seats were removed (or never used), reducing maximum seating to 4,404. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, and is part of the Cass Park Historic District , which was established in 2005. In April 2013, the building was reported to be in foreclosure over $ 152,000 in back taxes owed to Wayne County. The debt

150-655: A depth from the curtain line of 55 feet (17 m). The large complex includes a 16-story 210-foot (64 m) ritual building connected to a 10-story wing for the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, now known as Shriners International , by the 7-story Auditorium Building. In between these areas are a 1,586-seat Scottish Rite Cathedral, and a 17,500-square-foot (1,630 m ) drill hall used for trade shows and conventions. The drill hall

175-552: A few miles farther north at West Grand Boulevard , the Cass Corridor generally is defined as between Interstate 75 (I-75) at its southern end and Interstate 94 (I-94) to the north, and stretches from Woodward to the east and to the west: John C. Lodge ( M-10 service drive) north of Temple, and Grand River Avenue south of Temple. Significant landmarks of the area include the Detroit Masonic Temple (the world's largest building of its kind), Cass Technical High School , and

200-548: A new temple that would also include a public theater. Fund-raising for construction of the building raised $ 2.5 million (equivalent to $ 38.02 million in 2023), and ground-breaking took place on Thanksgiving Day, 1920. The cornerstone was placed on September 19, 1922, using the same trowel that George Washington had used to set the cornerstone of the United States Capitol in Washington D.C. The building

225-559: A score of 187-38, eliminating Detroit from the tournament. In 2014, Detroit was the first champion of the newly created WFTDA Division 2 , defeating Rideau Valley Roller Girls of Ottawa , Canada in the final. In 2015, Detroit hosted a Division 2 playoff tournament, while returning themselves to Division 1 play at Jacksonville, where they placed sixth. In 2016, Detroit finished eighth at the Division 1 tournament hosted in Montreal. At

250-613: Is also home to Detroit Roller Derby . The drill hall has a floating floor , where the entire floor is laid on felt cushions. This type of construction, also known as a sprung floor , provides 'give' to the floor which tends to relieve the marchers. The building houses two ballrooms : the Crystal Ballroom; and the Fountain Ballroom, the latter of which measures 17,264 square feet (1,603.9 m ) and accommodates up to 1,000 people. An unfinished theatre located in

275-454: Is faced with Indiana limestone . Although few Masonic buildings are in the Gothic style, the architect believed that Gothic best exemplified Masonic traditions. Much of the stone, plaster, and metal work in the interior of the building was designed and executed by architectural sculptor Corrado Parducci . The three figures over the main entrance were by Leo Friedlander , while the rest of

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300-626: Is the world's largest Masonic Temple . Located in the Cass Corridor neighborhood of Detroit , Michigan , at 500 Temple Street, the building serves as a home to various masonic organizations including the York Rite Sovereign College of North America . The building contains a variety of public spaces including three theaters, three ballrooms and banquet halls, and a 160 by 100 feet (49 m × 30 m) clear-span drill hall . Recreational facilities include

325-779: The Metropolitan Center for High Technology are all located along Cass. Little Caesars Arena , the home of the NHL 's Detroit Red Wings and the NBA 's Detroit Pistons , is on the west side of Woodward Avenue near Interstate 75 . In the 1970s, the Cass Corridor was a poor neighborhood known for drugs, prostitution and sex crimes against children. The area was of significance in the Oakland County Child Killer case. Creem , which billed itself as "America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine," had its headquarters in

350-883: The 2017 Division 1 Playoff in Malmö , Detroit finished outside of the medals after losing their quarterfinal to Gotham Girls Roller Derby . In 2018, Detroit was the twelfth seed at the WFTDA Playoff in A Coruña , Spain, and ended their weekend with a narrow 224-223 consolation round victory against Sailor City Rollers . A number of skaters of the Detroit Derby Girls appeared in Drew Barrymore 's directorial debut film, Whip It! . Detroit Masonic Temple 42°20′29.11″N 83°3′36.56″W  /  42.3414194°N 83.0601556°W  / 42.3414194; -83.0601556 The Detroit Masonic Temple

375-522: The Cass Avenue Development construction company, has renovated and remodeled several buildings in the Cass Corridor. Landy was also featured in the television series American Pickers ( season 3 episode "Motor City" , September 19, 2011). Since 1997, Avalon International Breads has been located in the Cass Corridor. In 2015, Jack White of the band The White Stripes , opened a retail store for his record label, Third Man Records at

400-642: The Cass Corridor, which was near Detroit's Cultural Center Historic District . The Willis Gallery was instrumental in the local artists meeting each other. The curator of contemporary art at the Detroit Institute of Arts from 1968 until 1971, Sam Wagstaff , was influenced the formation of the movement. In 1980, a keystone exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Kick Out the Jams: Detroit’s Cass Corridor, 1963–1977 ,

425-612: The Jack White Theater. In April 2022, after performing, White proposed to his partner Olivia Jean at the temple and later married her. The Detroit Masonic Temple has been the largest Masonic Temple in the world since 1939, when the Chicago Masonic Temple was demolished. The stage of the auditorium is the second largest in the United States, having a width between walls of 100 feet (30 m) and

450-525: The area. The student population contributes to the bohemian atmosphere in Cass Corridor. The artistic community has produced a number of significant artists, including Sixto Rodriguez , Negative Approach and The White Stripes , who played their first show at the Gold Dollar. Cass Corridor is also the location of the annual Dally in the Alley arts festival. Since the 2000s, Joel Landy, president of

475-615: The considerable architectural sculpture on the exterior was by Bill Gehrke. Cass Corridor The Cass Corridor is a neighborhood on the west end of Midtown Detroit . It includes the Cass Park Historic District , the Cass-Davenport Historic District and Old Chinatown . The corridor's main street, Cass Avenue, runs parallel with M-1 (Woodward Avenue), a main Detroit artery running north toward New Center . Though Cass runs from Congress Street, ending

500-597: The corner of Canfield and Cass. From 2009, Dr. Alesia Montgomery of Michigan State University conducted a five-year study visualizing a reinvented Detroit as a green city, with a particular emphasis on the Cass Corridor. In the 1960s through the 1980s, the Cass Corridor became an area of cultural significance, and is often referred to as the Cass Corridor Movement, or the Cass Corridor Group. Artists began renting cheap studio space in

525-674: The skyline in an area known as Cass Corridor , across Temple Street from Cass Park , and Cass Technical High School . It is within walking distance of the Little Caesars Arena and the MotorCity Casino Hotel . The Masonic Temple Association was incorporated in Detroit in 1894. It moved into its first temple, on Lafayette Boulevard at First Street, in 1896. Outgrowing these quarters, the Association purchased land on Bagg Street (now Temple Avenue) to build

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550-505: The top floor of the tower would have seated about 700. Seven "Craft Lodge Rooms" all have different decorative treatments, the motifs of decoration being taken from the Egyptian, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Italian Renaissance, Byzantine, Gothic, and Romanesque styles. All of the artwork throughout the building, especially the decorated ceilings, was done under the direction of Italian artists. The building includes Royal Arch room, as well as

575-633: The whole structure as well as the Masonic Temple Theatre, a venue for concerts, Broadway shows, and other special events in the Detroit Theater District . It contains a 55-by-100-foot (17 m × 30 m) stage, one of the largest in the country. The Detroit Masonic Temple was designed in the neo-gothic architectural style , using a great deal of limestone . The ritual building features 16 floors, stands 210 feet (64 m) tall, with 1,037 rooms. It dominates

600-455: Was dedicated on Thanksgiving Day , 1926. The original Masonic tenants following the dedication in 1926 included: Army & Navy Lodge No. 512, F&AM; Friendship Lodge No. 417, F&AM; Kilwinning Lodge No. 297, F&AM; Oriental Lodge No. 240, F&AM; Union Lodge of Strict Observance No. 3, F&AM; Zion Lodge No. 1, F&AM ; and Monroe Chapter No. 1, RAM; Peninsular Chapter No. 16, RAM. The horseshoe-shaped auditorium originally had

625-661: Was paid off in May 2013, and in June 2013, it was revealed that $ 142,000 of the bill was footed by singer-songwriter Jack White , a Detroit native known for his work with The White Stripes . He wanted to help the temple in its time of need as they had helped his mother in a time of need: the temple gave her a job as an usher in the theater when she was struggling to find work. In response, the Detroit Masonic Temple Association renamed its Scottish Rite cathedral

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