Development of extension of Dequindre Cut the bicycle and walking trail in the Eastern Market area is progressing. The old rails have been removed and dumpsites cleared.
This view looks south from the Wilkins Street Bridge with the former Thorn Apple Valley slaughterhouse on the right.
Looking north from the same bridge.
To the left of the view about one can see another area improvement, the Greening of Detroit's urban gardens named Detroit Market Garden.
Further south on the completed section of the cut a family enjoys a Sunday bike ride.
In decades gone by the Dequindre Cut was a recessed railway route running from the north down to Detroit's riverfront accessing the industries that once existed there. Discontinued a few decades ago it became overgrown and languished in deterioration becoming most famous as a grafitti site for those in the know and brave enough to venture into it.
What did it look like then? Tour the old cut in these previous DetroitYES webisodes here:
Lascaux Detroit -The Cave Paintings of Detroit
and here:
LASCAUX DETROIT II - THE CAVE PAINTINGS OF DETROIT
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