If I were to give a tour of five places in Detroit I would tour:
1. Comerica Park: Comerica Park is a great place to spend a Saturday afternoon. The hype of the people getting pumped for a Tigers game along with the aromas of the food creates the perfect atmosphere. One of the best parts about it are the bricks that pave the way up to the main entrance with names on them of true Tiger’s fans. These bricks were laid when Comerica Pack was transformed from Tiger’s stadium. One of the things that still remain though the park has been redone is the one old fashion hot dog vender. They always taste better when they are brought to your seat.
2. Charles H. Wright Museum: I hadn’t visited the museum until a few months ago but it was a trip. You are basically taken through the lives of the slaves from the early 1800’s and it is scary. I can only imagine going through that museum as a child; I would be terrified. The entire aspect of actually seeing how things were on the slave ships and on the farms after really gave me a while new insight on how things were then. I think a tourist would get the same effect I did form it.
3. Fox Theater: I would hope to give a tour of the Fox Theater in December so the tourist could go see the Radio City Rockettes. I used to see the show every year when I was a kid and absolutely loved it. I remember waiting for the show to start and admiring the gigantic ceilings and other sculptures around then theater.
4. Hart Plaza: Hart Plaza is a place that holds a lot of memories for me. When I was a kid my parents used to take me and my sister down there for the jazz festival. Now that I’m older, I go down there for the Downtown Hoedown every year. It would be something I could give a tour of because I could let an outsider in on the culture of average people of the area by sharing my memories.
5. Heidelberg Project: I hadn’t even heard of the Heidelberg Project until I started doing my research o it earlier this week but it looks amazing. I would love to go down and see it someday. I am no artist myself but I strongly believe that art can change the world. Tyree Guyton’s idea of creating art to creat a better place for everyone seems to be a great idea and now that the city is no longer trying to abolish it, it is doing a pretty good job.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
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