Last Call: Legendary Detroit Bar Serves Up Hometown History at the Detroit Historical Museum

In its day, the Lindell Athletic Club was notorious for patron brawls and celebrity clientele.

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Click the audio player above to listen to the full conversation. CultureShift airs weekdays from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. on 101.9 WDET-FM Detroit Public Radio.

The Lindell Athletic Club was an infamous Detroit bar in its day.

The place was notorious for patron brawls and a celebrity clientele before closing in the early 2000s.

This weekend at the Detroit Historical Museum, the Lindell will be re-created inside the museum. The documentary film, The Lindell AC, America’s First Sports Bar will also be shown.

CultureShift’s Amanda LeClaire spoke to John Urbanek, one of the film’s producers, about the Lindell’s history.

Click on the audio player above to hear film producer John Urbanek talk about legendary Detroit bar the, Lindell Athletic Club. 

 

 

Lindell AC Documentary Teaser from John Urbanek on Vimeo.

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  • Amanda LeClaire is an award-winning host and producer of CultureShift on 101.9 WDET-FM Detroit’s NPR station. She’s a founding producer of WDET’s flagship news talk show Detroit Today, and a former host/reporter for Arizona Public Media. Amanda is also an artist, certified intuitive and energy healer, and professional tarot reader.