Take Me to the River
Families out for an evening stroll, cyclists biking at the crack of dawn. Detroit’s RiverWalk is open and ready for pedestrian traffic. Kelli Kavanaugh takes us on a tour of the city’s newest hot spot.
If you’ve ever been so fortunate as to walk along a Venetian canal or the River Seine or paused atop a bridge over the Vltava in Prague, then you know the role a city’s
relationship with its water can play in enhancing a person’s urban experience. And you will also know, when you have strolled along the recently-completed portions of our very own RiverWalk, that Detroit has finally, after three centuries of existence, consummated that relationship.
Now 75 percent of the 3.5-mile length of the East RiverWalk is complete – open and accessible. From Joe Louis Arena to Rivard and again from Jos. Campau to Mt. Elliott, it’s all landscaped and lovely. …
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