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The Guardian Building
While exploring downtown Detroit, we walked into what had once been one of the city’s great banking buildings. From the outside, the Guardian Building is an impressive Art Deco skyscraper, but it was the interior that stopped us. Brilliantly colored tile covers the vaulted ceilings, geometric patterns seem to fill every surface, and even the […]
Greektown
While visiting Detroit, we spent some time exploring Greektown, one of the city’s best-known historic neighborhoods. It was an easy place to enjoy with colorful signs, restaurants lining the streets, plenty of activity and, of course, the opportunity to try some wonderful Greek food. But like so many neighborhoods built around food and culture, there […]
The Gateway to Freedom Memorial
Standing along the Detroit River, I found myself looking across a stretch of water that seemed almost insignificant. It is difficult to imagine that this narrow river once represented the dividing line between slavery and freedom. This is the Gateway to Freedom International Memorial, dedicated to the thousands of enslaved African Americans who risked everything […]
