WashPo's Impulsive Traveler goes wild for the D's urban grit

There's room to ride in Detroit city. That was just one of many surprises an intrepid traveler/journalist from The Washington Post found on his trip to Detroit. While the ruins of the Michigan Central Station were a necessary and foreboding stop, the D's welcoming spirit was alive and well at Motor City Brewing Works, City Bird, PJ's Lager House and Nancy Whiskey (all chronicled in the piece). And above all, the lesson learned was this -- if you visit Detroit, get on a bike -- and fast.

Excerpt:

I rode Grand Boulevard into the city's eastern neighborhoods, turned north into Hamtramck (a two-square-mile municipality that's technically separate from Detroit but sits smack in the middle of it), then traveled back west through the tree-lined streets of the historic districts of Arden Park and Boston-Edison. The city is a visual feast: urban farms, derelict houses, art deco skyscrapers, 19th-century churches, industrial ruins and vibrant murals declaring, "Detroit Lives!" Above all, there's a lot of space.

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