Detroit History Tour
 

Greetings from Detroit,
I need your honest opinions. If there we're an interesting and entertaining chauffeured tour of the historic sights of Detroit with a compelling narration of Detroit's story about 1 hour long would you consider taking it if in town? I know what your thinking ... "it depends..."

I'm taking on ALL questions/reactions/responses, cynics and hecklers!

"It depends" on who would be doing the chauffering.

Dear Maggi
Ben Wallace,
kidding... perhaps shuttled tour is a better way to phrase it.

let's make it an hour and a half and throw in some free soft drinks, a game of motown trivia and $x.00 off dinner at the hard rock cafe...
road agent

You could call the "Yustabe Tour Company". Showing folks where GM headquarters used to be, where Chrysler's headquarters used to be, where Ford's headquarters used to be, where the aquarium used to be, where Briggs Stadium used to be.......etc.

road: Since Detroit is a sprawling community, I don't think a one hour tour could do it. How could you do Greektown, Indian Village, Mexicantown, Hamtramck, Boston-Edison, and everything in between in one hour?

there is an underground tour of Detroit that looks interesting. It is kind of new I think. I do not know anything about it. I live here and I think it would be interesting to see.

In addition, there is the Ford mansions too.

Have they restarted the Salt Mine Tour? There were tours in the past, but they was discontinued years ago.

Keith

tomboy
good point, all the more reason to see detroit now, Detroit America's fading industrial heritage. And as for the length it would definately not be of a comprehensive cultural tour but rather an abbreviate and yet striking essence of Detroit. It would be quality vs quantity, beyond two hours i think people would burn out.
thanks for all responses
keep em coming

Be sure to include the Motown Museum, Madonna's old club hangout, Menjo's, The former site of Dianna Ross' housing project, Anita Baker's IHOP restaurant, the house that Aretha's son torched in Bloomfield Hills, the Frank Lloyd Wright house in Palmer Park on 7-Mile @ Woodward, famous basketball player's mansions on Lahser Rd, etc.

To see what else is happening with the buildings of Detroix, check out Crain's Business Report:
http://www.crainsdetroit.com/cgi-bin...rticleId=26882