Leapfrog with City Buses

While growing up, most of us played the game of leapfrog. It’s a simple game where players leap over each other’s stooped backs as the line of participants move forward from back to front.  I think of this game whenever I’m bicycling along the major streets of Detroit sharing curb lanes with Detroit and suburban [...]

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Historic Buildings along Fort Street

Detroit’s Fort Street runs about 7 miles west from downtown to the city of Melvindale, just across the Rouge River.  It’s a wide, multi-lane street that was once lined with small, active manufacturing facilities, mom and pop retail stores and other businesses that have served to community over the years. But like many major streets [...]

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Quotes from the Streets of Detroit

Riding throughout the city of Detroit I see lots of folks walking in the streets, on sidewalks, waiting for bus stops or simply hanging out on street corners. Many times they’ll shout out some pretty interesting things at me.  I’ve been writing down many of them, and on occasion I’ll publish a few.  Here is [...]

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Out of the West It Came

As I’ve written in the past, Detroit’s Creekside neighborhood, on Detroit’s far east side, is one of my favorites. There are beautiful Craftsman style homes facing brick paved streets and canals that wind their way through the neighborhood. There’s also a series of peaceful parks lining the Detroit River where fishermen and others go to [...]

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