New York-based public design blog tours Detroit on a bike

Public design blog DesignTrust comes to Detroit, posts its highlights.

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The Dequindre Cut is a new pedestrian/bike path on an abandoned rail bed. It connects the RiverWalk with the popular Eastern Market (see below). A Metropolis feature on the Dequindre Cut has more information and pictures. Paths like this are planned for over 400 miles around Detroit.

Bordering the Dequindre Cut are many concrete walls that once supported overpasses and now only support large-scale graffiti works. An informative video by the Detroit News talks about this graffiti "Hall of Fame" from the artists' point of view.

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