Here is the second part of my two-day stay in Windsor/Detroit from last weekend. This day, sadly, was a bit overcast, so the pics may not be as good as they could be, but I did the best I could, these are of downtown, the cultural center, and Woodward Ave and around Wayne State University. I visited the Detroit Science Center that day as well, to make up for not getting to Science North in Sudbury this year! These pics were taken last Saturday, October 8.

Penobscot standing tall!
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COBO Hall
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The Beloved Cobo Arena
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Jefferson Ave, you won't get any closer to a sign than this. I think "Jefferson" is a very AMERICAN name.
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A beauty Fire Station downtown, near the Pontchartrain Hotel
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There is an awesome sports bar, Cobo Joe's right near Cobo Center! Awesome Pizza!
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Post Bar right next to it
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I believe this is either Larned or Congress
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Guardian Building, Detroit's JEWEL, until the Book-Cadillac restoration is complete
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Looking at Campus Martius Park and Woodward Avenue
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RenCen and the Spirit of Detroit
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Comerica Tower
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Exotic Statue in front of a building
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Looking north on Griswold
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Buhl Building Bottom
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Ford Building
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Penobscot Building Bottom
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Looking up at the Penobscot...
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After taking a cab (with a very nice driver) to the Science Center. You're gonna get a tour of the place as well, it's a neat place.
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That is a lot of pedaling to do to reach, like 7,000,000 miles to Mars, probably have to do as much pedaling as I have done on my bicycle this entire year!
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This wheel is hard to pedal, can't remember what it's called.
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Planetarium
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The Interior of a display engine
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Hang Ten...
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Spinning discs and a turntable, I spun all these discs, kind of looked like a racecar wreck...
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That name says it all, it's a neat logo!
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A tornado in water, ultra cool!
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The world's largest beating heart...
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One of those things where there are two sticks and a electrical current between them raises up
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I remember this, Kinetic Energy machine with iron marbles!!! I feel like I am in high school again!
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This machine proves once and for all that Energy Saver lights use a LOT LESS energy than traditional light bulbs.
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Some weird ass robot, talks in Homer Simpson's voice, among others
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Caught in the middle of a Kaliedoscope!
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Oscilloscope
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No, this is not an arcade game, a spirograph laser machine
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A stringless harp, if you put your hand in there, it makes sounds like a harp!
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Contributors to the Science Center
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A small spacecraft actually used in a space flight by NASA
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That name says it all, DETROIT!
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Charles Wright African American Museum
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Around the cultural center...
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Detroit Institute of Arts
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Library
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Detroit Historical Museum, I was here last year!
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Wayne State University
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Now along Woodward Ave. I took the long stroll from University to downtown...

The famous Majestic Theater and Garden Bowl, America's Oldest Bowling Place
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Union Street Saloon
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Orchestra Place
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Bonstelle Theater
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Looking towards downtown...
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DTE Energy Building
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Brush Park Restoration Projects, looking nice. :)
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Downtown and I-75
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Past the stadium district and Grand Circus Park, I got to the People Mover...
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You get great shots of Windsor from the PM!
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Made it back to Greektown, ate some Chicken Fettucine Alfredo at the Grapevine Cafe, MMMM! And spent $40 at the casino!
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Back on the PM again...
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Wirlitzer Building
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The INFAMOUS Ramada Hotel
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The Book-Caddy and Holiday Inn Express (sorry about the blurriness)
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Joe Louis Arena
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Looking at the Ren Cen from Greektown...
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The PM at the RenCen...
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Back across to Canada, later that night, got lots of shot of Detroit at night, beautiful...
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And you're gonna get some shots of Windsor at night as well...
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Then the next day on a beautiful, crisp Sunday, took pics of Detroit again!
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Hope you enjoyed my Saturday, October 8 tour and my entire tour of Detroit, and if you haven't seen my first part of Detroit:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=267774

you don't know what your missing! :)

very nice

very good i like them a lot. concidering i used to live only 15 miles away i never got downtown a whole lot unfortunatly. Go Wings

now thats a great city...some of those gems are priceless in the skyline

For someone who lives outside of the Windsor area in Ontario 2.5 hrs northeast of it (and 70 km closer to Toronto), I go here A LOT and enjoy all my trips to the Motor City! WINGS fan here too (and also a SABRES fan). :)

Awesome pics! I'm surprised not many have replied to this thread

The Detroit Science Center doesn't look to have changed at all since all those elementary school field trips I went on!

This shot is like a skyscraper museum, fantastic:

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Great job! Few cities can match Detroit when it comes to historic skyscrapers.:)

Some great old buildings, but the city looks deserted.

Very cool shots. I enjoyed it very much.

Excellent photos and commentary.

To those who criticize Detroit for looking deserted or for not having very many modern buildings, let us see what happens to your city if it looses almost 1 million people in 50 years! Despite that, Detroit is starting to come back, there is a lot of restoration and some new building projects.

Detroit is an example of the negative effects of globalism. Car production was one of the first industries to go global. Other industries are following. Currently it is the IT industry is undergoing this process.

THIS is the best shot in my opinion:

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It's a skyline of it's own!

thanks for the pics. I also enjoy visiting Detroit, it's a city full of historical beauties. I hope to visit again in the spring.

Nice pictures. Been to Detroit, but only got to go in the GM building and ride the people mover.