WSJ: Detroit in High Gear

[BankruptcyGuy]

Don't know what the rule is about sharing a story from behind a paywall. This is a nice travel article about four days in the D. An excerpt:

IN ITS MIDCENTURY boom years, when Motown ruled the airwaves and the big three ruled the roads, Detroit defined America. But, in the subsequent decades, no city fell farther, or harder. Now a much-publicized revival is unfolding there. Downtown is a hive of construction, its sidewalks buzzing with tech-bros and tourists on app-enabled electric scooters [[at least until they randomly discard them). Neighborhoods like Midtown [[née Cass Corridor) and the West Village are rebounding with ambitious new bars and restaurants, many served by urban farms which have sprouted where houses once stood. Though the hollowing out that made those farms possible is still an issue [[the city’s population today is just below 700,000, sharply off its 1950s peak of 1.8 million people), rampant development has become an equally pressing concern for many Detroiters. Even the city’s industrial ruins, like the old Packard Plant, which have aged into beloved icons for many, are targeted for restoration. The time to appreciate them is now. Taking in everything that Motor City has to offer over the course of a long weekend is challenging. As the T-shirts say, Detroit Hustles Harder. You’ll have to adopt the same motto if you want to fit it all in, but feel free to opt out of our ambitious itinerary now and then.


A Fascinating Long Weekend in Detroit: The Essential Guide

https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-esse...it-11560973094

[renf]

Fascinating and favorable essay about spending a long week-end in Motown. But there appears to be no mention of the convenient Q line.