Travel writer Ben Ross from England's
Independent comes to Detroit, travels around Michigan, and sees the sights that the city and state has to offer.
Excerpt:
Jeanette is the
founder of Inside Detroit, which, she says, "exists to fill the holes.
We want to show people this incredible city." We drove downtown
together, then left my Kia behind and continued on foot. Her enthusiasm for
the place was evident and infectious: Downtown Detroit is an impressive
place, and it's surprisingly easy to get around. There's even a loop of
monorail called the People Mover that takes in a three-mile circuit of the
area. Tickets cost just 50 cents.
The glistening blue tube of the modern GM Tower, which juts upwards from the
waterside Renaissance Centre, served as a handy navigational aid as we took
in some of the Art Deco architecture that lies nearby. The 1920s Penobscot
building features striking reliefs inspired by Native American culture; the
Guardian building, once a cathedral to finance, is decked out in gaudy
tiles. The banking room is now given over to retail outlets; here "Pure
Detroit" sells handbags made out of car seatbelts.
Read the entire article
here.
Enjoy this story?
Sign up for free solutions-based reporting in your inbox each week.