Weird & Wonderful Walking Tour of Corktown
On and off the beaten path of North & South Corktown, with some of the smile-worthy quirks, head-scratchers, mysteries, and ZOMG AMAZINs.
Off The Beaten Path Places To Stay
So you're spending the night in Detroit but you don't want a fancy pants hotel. You maybe want something cheaper, more social, or more unique. Well here's a list of alternative options and a few crazy ideas for the brave. Have fun and be safe! Know about more such places to stay? Message me at jerryp@gmail.com.
Corktown Bike Lane & Bike Rack Tour
Corktown recently got some brand new bike lanes as part of a program funded by the Kresge Foundation. Along the path you'll also find brand new bike racks at some great places to check out and/or eat and have a drink at (they're not all in yet, but on their way). This is a bike tour of the places with racks (or soon-to-be racks :-)).
Whirlwind Sampler Plate Driving Tour
A fast (less than 2 hours), diverse driving tour of different icons, landmarks, and neighborhood types around the core of the city. Designed to quickly give you a sense of different Detroit landscapes. Keep your eyes peeled between locations!
Historic Fort Wayne
Home to the cycloFox (resident red fox often see during cyclocross events) Historic Fort Wayne is a must-see. It is also conveniently located near some of the best authentic Mexican food you will find in Michigan, which you will need after exploring the site.
Hacker & Maker Spaces
Places to find techy, makey, creative engineering types along with tools to use, resources to share, and programming to attend.
Mary's Super Awesome Tour For Mom's And Dogs!
Dogs are happy almost anywhere. But your mom probably wants to know that Detroit is safe, and that your friends are nice. So here's a list that is (friendly) dog friendly and mom safe.
Greater Downtown Community Bus Tour
[Note: This tour is by http://d-hive.org, posted here with permission (Jerry typing). Jeanette was awesome enough to share it so we can seed some great content and start thinking about how to better feature tour providers. OK, now on with the tour...]
Detroit Soccer Tour
Motown's suddenly got a lot going on soccer-wise. 2011 saw the creation of a co-ed citywide Detroit City Futbol League http://detroitcityfutbol.com , followed by an indoor league during the fall and winter, and now a legit minor league soccer team called Le Rouge http://detcityfc.com . This tour points out some of the places where people play along with the neighborhoods represented in the Futbol League. Let's kick some balls, people!
Detroit Statue Tour
With a RoboCop statue on its way to somewheresville in Detroit, I was curious to see where he'd fit into Detroit's existing statueverse. Thanks to http://detroit1701.org/Public%20Art%20and%20Sculpture.html for listing many of these statues and images. If you see something missing, please email me at jerryp@gmail.com.