The Oakland Avenue Bath House, whose official name was the Oakland Health Club, was built in central Detroit in 1930. Still in business, it is today known as the Schvitz Health Club (or Shvitz). At this establishment one can get a plaitza (or platza, or pleytze), which is a rubdown (massage) that takes place inside a steam room, utilizing an oak leaf broom soaked in hot water (sometimes hot soapy water). After the plaitza, one may indulge in a huge meal.
Schvitz Health Club 8295 Oakland St Detroit MI 48211 Phone: (313) 871-9707 www.banyaclub.com
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