Northland Roller Rink rocks.
We went there on Saturday to flyer for the upcoming DTENSION. After being kicked out of Fairlane mall, we found that this is one of the closest things Detroit has to offer as ‘public space’ where kids can go to hang out. There are metal detectors though.
Couples slow-skate to Mary J. Blige, teenage boys skate faster than you would believe and their expert maneuvers ensure that the 6 year-old girls aren’t mowed down in the flow of traffic.
7$ includes skates.
$5 if you bring your own
They’re open till 1:30am on weekends
i’d love to go with you sometime!!!
oh my god. you have no idea what roller-skating meant to me as a young detroiter. there used to be this place called the rollerdome on west warren (near where detroit turns to dearborn heights, near vista maria, i think) and we used to skate there every friday night. afrika bamabataa’s planet rock was the fucking shit to skate to. then some gangster who got kicked out burned it down, that was the story anyway, and all our love was gone. long live the rollerdome.
i also meant to say, let’s go rollerskating sometime!
OMG….. I use to live at the Rollerdome every Friday and saturday night. I was Sooooooo hoping they were going to rebuild after it burnt down. I`m 44 and I still skate, Only now with my kids. We skate for Riverside`s speed team now but I sure do miss the Rollerdome.