Wilkins Street east of Detroit’s Historic Eastern Market has a nice downhill slope to St. Aubin Street. The incline starts at its highest point, the overpass of the undeveloped portion of the Dequindre Cut. On my travels along that section of the street I would occasionally see skate-boarders or roller-bladers taking advantage of the gentle [...]
Archive for May, 2011
Downhill Racers in Detroit
Posted in Uncategorized on May 25, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Under the Freeway Overpass plus W. Somerset Maugham
Posted in Uncategorized on May 18, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Like any major city in the U.S., Detroit has its share of expressways with multi-level interchanges that take traffic in many directions. The pillared, sloping cement roadways rise above and below each other at gentle, winding angles, like a ribbon used in a bow. The cement walled lanes are banked like a NASCAR track, designed [...]
Detroit Bikes are the Coolest – Part 2 plus Musical Fathers and Sons
Posted in Uncategorized on May 10, 2011 | 4 Comments »
As I wrote back in February, Detroit has some of the coolest bikes. They can be found throughout the city, but some of the hottest, tricked-out one-of-a-kind custom bikes are in the neighborhoods; in particular Southwest Detroit. Similar to the lowrider car culture, many of the bikes I’ve spotted in that part of the city are [...]
Celebrating Cinco de Mayo in Detroit
Posted in Uncategorized on May 4, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Sunday was the 47th Annual Cinco De Mayo parade in Southwest Detroit, a lively section of the city heavily populated by those of Mexican descent. Cinco de Mayo is an annual event celebrating the Mexican army’s implausible victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. While it has limited significance [...]
