New graffiti on the Dequindre Cut

It’s not everyday you see a car parked in the new Dequindre Cut.
But it was legit.
There were three artists adding graffiti. By the end of the day, their work was complete.
Model D has an article discussing this trail enhancement project.
Acting as project curators, CAID director Aaron Timlin and curator of graffiti art Tom Stoye selected [...]

Where Just About Everything Cool Originated

The Travel Channel’s show No Reservations was in Detroit earlier this year.
Chef Anthony Bourdain, the show’s punk-rock aficionado and proud New Yorker posted on his blog about his visit to Detroit and other rust belt cities.
I think that troubled cities often tragically misinterpret what’s coolest about themselves. They scramble for cure-alls, something that will “attract [...]

Metro Detroit biking in the media

Dequindre Cut

It’s grand opening in May officially kicked off the Summer of Dequindre Cut Love. It was far and away the most talked about trail at the MTGA RiverDays booth. And at the Palmer Park Green Fair, Lt. Governor John Cherry was quick to locate the Dequindre Cut on the Detroit Greenways brochure.
The word is [...]

Dequindre Trail construction set to begin

Both Crain’s and Model D are reporting updates on the trail connection between the Dequindre Cut and the RiverWalk.
From the Crain’s article:
The Economic Development Corporation of the city of Detroit today approved a $871,900 contract with Detroit-based WCI Contractors Inc. for an 800-foot extension of the Dequindre Cut, the Dequindre Trail extension, to begin in [...]

Dequindre Cut Grand Opening, Bike To Work and More Bicycling News

[ May 14, 2009; 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. ] May is National Bicycle Month so park that four wheel greenhouse gas emitter, dust of your two wheel convertible and share the road with other life loving fresh air breathers. The Dequindre Cut will be officially opened on the 14th, Bike to Work Day is Friday May 15 and Lance Armstrong is competing in the Giro de Italia this month but there are plenty of tours around that anyone can do…