The Detroit News looks at the Dequindre Cut a gallery of graffiti

The Dequindre Cut is a gallery of graffiti and urban culture.Excerpt:The Cut is a trench under the streets of the former Black Bottom neighborhood now known as Lafayette Park and runs between Orleans and St. Aubin streets. It’s a defunct railroad line that ran from the Detroit River warehouse district north through Eastern Market and out to the suburbs. A one-mile stretch recently opened as the Dequindre Cut Greenway, a spur off the River Walk, open from Woodbridge on the south to Gratiot on the north, and is attracting bicyclists, rollerbladers and walkers to its level roadway.Since the greenway opened, underpass walls and arches, long hidden beneath the streets, have become exposed — and with them the eye-stabbing colors and line of tags, throw-ups, and full-blown pieces and productions by the city’s graffiti artists.While the greenway is a wonderful showcase for this underground art, ironically it threatens it’s survival. While this ad hoc museum of hip hop culture is opening people’s eyes to long hidden talent, it is also closing off the venue from the organic painting and repainting that is inherent in graffiti culture. See the slide show and read the entire article here.