Dedicated on October 16, 1986, the sculpture, commissioned by Sports Illustrated from the Mexican-American sculptor Robert Graham (1938–2008), and poured by the legendary bronze artist, Rolf Kriken, is a 24-foot-long (7.3 m) arm with a fisted hand suspended by a 24-foot-high (7.3 m) pyramidal framework. The sculpture weighs 5000 pounds and the total weight including the framework is 8000 pounds.

"The Spirit of Detroit" is a Detroit icon, synonymous with the city itself and the dedication of those who love the Motor City.

The bronze monument sits on a 60-ton marble base and is parked in front of the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center in the heart of downtown Detroit. He overlooks Detroit's main drag of Woodward Avenue, and is a stone's throw from Hart Plaza. Metro Detroit sculptor Marshall Fredericks was commissioned in 1955 to create the piece. The 26-foot bronze monument was the largest cast statue made anywhere in the world since the Renaissance.

Once a below-grade corridor for the abandoned Grand Trunk Western Railroad, the Dequindre Cut is a 1.65-mile, non-motorized urban greenway, connecting nearby neighborhoods with Eastern Market, the East Riverfront District, and several parks and plazas.

Belle Isle Park, a 985-acre island park located in the Detroit River near downtown Detroit, is rich with natural beauty and historical and cultural resources. The park provides spectacular views of Detroit to the North and Canada to the south. It’s home to the James Scott Memorial Fountain, the Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory, the Belle Isle Aquarium, the Ralph Wilson Gateway (which serves as the official southern trailhead for Michigan’s Iron Belle Trail), a golf course and many more cultural and natural attractions. Visitors can also swim at the designated swim beach, ride bicycles, fish, paddle and more.

Coney Island dogs are usually associated with New York but Michigan might have an equally long relationship with the dog. No one is sure if the Coney Dog even originated in Coney Island or if Greek Immigrants passing through just borrowed the name.

The first Coney restaurant in Michigan, Todoroff’s Original Coney Island in Jackson, Michigan, was founded in 1914. Detroit’s American Coney Island opened just a few years later in 1917 on West Lafayette Street in downtown Detroit.

Gust Keros came to Detroit from Greece and started American Coney Island. In 1924, his brother William came to help run the business. But when a storefront was available next door to American Coney Island, William grabbed at the opportunity to open his own shop, Lafayette Coney Island. Both restaurants have stayed put side by side on Lafayette street for the better part of a hundred years.

One of Rolling Stone's Best Record Shops in America.

After the original location was destroyed in a fire in 2008, owner Brad Hales lost most of his inventory but was able to salvage several boxes of 45s from the wreckage. They join the now 100,000-strong used 45s available in the store's new space, which carries only secondhand vinyl and features bright, cheery psychedelic décor. Jazz and R&B collectors come to Peoples in droves, as the stock spans every esoteric strain from the Twenties to the Eighties. The shop's new neighborhood is impoverished and "dodgy," Hales says bluntly, but it now it includes a triumphant story.

Saturday 7am-4pm

Sunday 10am-4pm

The largest outdoor farmers market in the nation, encompassing more than 43 acres and founded in 1841, moving to its present site in 1891. It is a large hub for the Michigan food industry with farmers, retailers, wholesalers and vendors.

We haven't done one of these tours, but they look great! They have public and private bike tours covering a variety of topics like architecture, auto heritage, music, and art.