{"id":2701,"date":"2015-09-07T18:13:30","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T00:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/janetheactuary\/?p=2701"},"modified":"2015-09-07T18:34:14","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T00:34:14","slug":"detroit-downtown-riverfront-and-jazz-festival-september-6-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/janetheactuary\/2015\/09\/detroit-downtown-riverfront-and-jazz-festival-september-6-2015.html","title":{"rendered":"Detroit downtown, riverfront, and jazz festival, September 6, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Our Sunday afternoon: \u00a0starting at the Campus Martius park, walking to and along the riverfront, then back and up to the Jazz Festival. \u00a0Yes, this is the Nice Part of Detroit \u2014 no ruins here \u2014 but this is also a Say Nice Things About Detroit sort of post.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/533\/2015\/09\/bldg-rotated.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2714\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/533\/2015\/09\/bldg-rotated-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"bldg - rotated\" width=\"552\" height=\"737\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not sure what building this is . . .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/533\/2015\/09\/stage.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2712\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/533\/2015\/09\/stage-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"stage\" width=\"566\" height=\"425\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A stage at the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Campus_Martius_Park\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Campus Martius Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/533\/2015\/09\/spirit-of-detroit-rotated.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2719\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/533\/2015\/09\/spirit-of-detroit-rotated-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"spirit of detroit - rotated\" width=\"582\" height=\"775\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Spirit_of_Detroit\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spirit of Detroit.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/533\/2015\/09\/rencen-w-GM.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2710\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/533\/2015\/09\/rencen-w-GM-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"rencen w GM\" width=\"556\" height=\"417\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Renaissance Center, now world headquarters of General Motors. \u00a0Not much going on, but the main level, with a display of GM vehicles, was open.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/533\/2015\/09\/rencen-riverwalk.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2709\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/533\/2015\/09\/rencen-riverwalk-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"rencen - riverwalk\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Detroit_International_Riverfront#River_Walk\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Riverwalk<\/a> \u2013 and a nature path (with crickets!) within view of the RenCen. \u00a0Very, very new.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/533\/2015\/09\/fountains-cropped.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2706\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/533\/2015\/09\/fountains-cropped-871x1024.jpg\" alt=\"fountains - cropped\" width=\"559\" height=\"657\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also on the Riverwalk, the GM Plaza and Promenade, Detroit\u2019s equivalent of Chicago\u2019s Millenium Park fountain, for kids to run around in. \u00a0Also new.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/533\/2015\/09\/funny-bldg.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2708\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/533\/2015\/09\/funny-bldg-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"funny bldg\" width=\"565\" height=\"799\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just a building. . .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/533\/2015\/09\/checker-bar.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2704\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/533\/2015\/09\/checker-bar-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"checker bar\" width=\"577\" height=\"433\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Checker Bar &amp; Grill, because Detroit has hipsters, too. \u00a0(Plus: \u00a0Stroh\u2019s beer!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/533\/2015\/09\/campus-martius.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2703\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/533\/2015\/09\/campus-martius-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"campus martius\" width=\"585\" height=\"439\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another view of Campus Martius Park (no, I don\u2019t know this man!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/533\/2015\/09\/view-down-ww.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2713\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/533\/2015\/09\/view-down-ww-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"view down ww\" width=\"595\" height=\"446\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The view up <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/M-1_(Michigan_highway)\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Woodward<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Sunday afternoon: \u00a0starting at the Campus Martius park, walking to and along the riverfront, then back and up to the Jazz Festival. \u00a0Yes, this is the Nice Part of Detroit \u2014 no ruins here \u2014 but this is also a Say Nice Things About Detroit sort of post. \u00a0 Not sure what building this 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