Travel guide to Detroit, Michigan

Detroit, the largest city in Michigan, USA, is a world-famous automobile city. Located in the southeast of Michigan, on the west bank of Detroit River, east of Lake St. Clare, across the river from Windsor, a Canadian automobile city. The urban area includes six suburban counties such as Wayne and nearby small and medium-sized towns. With the development of automobile industry, the population has increased rapidly. The city is named after the Detroit River, which connects Lake St Clare and Lake Erie. It comes from the French word Rivire du Dtroit, which means River of the Straits. Detroit's urban security is notorious, and racial problems still plague it. At the same time, due to the lack of financial budget, the public services in the city are getting worse and worse.

However, with the construction of Compuware headquarters, the renovation of Renaissance Center, and the putting into use of three casinos and new gyms, downtown Detroit is recovering, and the city is gradually becoming the entertainment center of the whole metropolitan area. There is a passenger express sightseeing route in downtown Detroit, which runs on the elevated track and has thirteen stops. Visitors can show people around the city for a week. They can see GMC's tall buildings and Canadian scenery across the Detroit River. There is an island on the Detroit River called Belle Island, which belongs to American territory. In summer, many people go to the island to relax. Although it is very cold in winter, you can see many groups of migratory birds on the island, such as Canada geese. Detroit has professional teams in four major sports events in North America, including three in Detroit and one in the suburbs (Detroit Pistons in NBA).

There are three main stadiums in this city: Lian Xin Park Stadium (MLB Detroit Tigers), Ford Stadium (American Football League Detroit Lions) and Joe Lewis Stadium (American Hockey League Detroit Red Wings). The ice hockey fans in Detroit are so enthusiastic that the city even has the nickname "Ice Hockey City". Detroit is also the twin city of China. Transportation is an important port in the Great Lakes region of the United States, which is closely related to the major cities along the lake. After the opening of the Great Lakes-St Lawrence Deepwater Channel, it has become the main departure and destination of ocean-going ships and one of the most important ports for trade with Canada. Railway 10, with multiple expressway routes to various places. There is a bridge across the Detroit River and a highway tunnel under the river between Windsor. The international airport is located in the southwest suburb with 19 routes. Ocean-going ships mainly call at ports and are important ports for trade between the United States and Canada. There is a dense network of railways and highways connected with other cities.

There are three airports. There are bridges and underground tunnels connecting Windsor. There are 73-story Renaissance Building, General Motors Building (47 floors), Veterans Memorial Hall and other circular tower buildings, as well as the longest suspension bridge in the world. Since the 1940s, music has become the main feature of Detroit's nightlife.

There are two top American live music competition venues in this city: DTE Energy Music Theatre and auburn hills Palace. Detroit also has the second largest theater in America. In addition, the main theaters include Fox Cinema, Detroit Opera House and Fisher Theatre. Detroit Concert Hall is the home of Detroit Symphony Orchestra. The best travel time is influenced by the Great Lakes, and the climate of Detroit is a typical temperate climate in the Midwest of the United States. Winter is cold and snowfall is moderate; It's warm in summer. The average monthly maximum and minimum temperatures in July were 29 and 18, respectively, and in June they were 5438+0 and -6, respectively. The temperature in summer is generally above 32℃, and it is very cold in winter, but it is rarely below-17.

The highest temperature appeared on June 25th, 1988, which was 39; 1994 65438+1October19 Minimum temperature -27. From 1900 to 1930, thanks to the vigorous development of the automobile industry, Detroit has built dozens of luxurious high-rise buildings. Elegant office buildings and luxury hotels stand above the city, and some even reach 30 floors. The department store made of red bricks occupies a block, and the huge railway station is designed as a classical castle with a solemn column in front. But in less than 30 years, these luxury buildings have lost their former charm.

From 1950 to 2000, Detroit lost more than one million residents, accounting for half of its total population, especially the racial riots in 1967, which led to a large number of people leaving. Many shops, hotels and theaters have to close. Detroit, once home to so many landmark buildings, has been demolished in the past few years, including Hudson Department Store, once the largest department store in the United States. However, the cost of demolishing such a huge building is staggering, even exceeding $6,543,800+million. Many people, including Mayor kilpatrick, are reluctant to demolish these huge buildings that represent the modern people of Detroit.

So many buildings are vacant, and some have even been abandoned for more than 30 years. The six blocks around Woodward Avenue in the city center have become the most attractive places for urban explorers. Carl said that when you grew up in Detroit, when you saw these buildings blocked by boards and surrounded by fences all day, you would be curious about the world inside. Robert Colette, the theater manager of 3 1 year-old, said, I always feel that I missed something in Detroit. I've always wanted to see what these buildings looked like in their glory days. In the monthly routine exploration, Colette has a special interest in the grand and solemn things of the past: marble floors, brass automatic drinking fountains, mahogany elevators and hand-painted tiles.

Rule: Take nothing but photos and leave nothing but footprints. Explorers uncovered the plywood nailed to the window of a Detroit hotel and found a possible entrance: they staggered through a skyscraper window as high as the street and fell on a pile of stinking garbage on the dark second floor. With the help of huge flashlights, they can reach the hotel lobby through rusty boilers distributed in a mysterious palace. This is spectacular, exclaimed Lowell boileau, a 58-year-old artist. Boileau came to these ruins for inspiration. Once safely inside such a building, explorers can spend hours looking around.

Because usually a real urban explorer will follow such a moral principle: bring nothing but photos and leave nothing but footprints. Perhaps the most exciting ruin in Detroit is the Cadillac Hotel. 1924 Booker-Cadillac Hotel, once the most upscale hotel in Detroit, has received countless presidents, movie stars and famous athletes. Today, this huge ballroom still gives people an elegant feeling: pale green curtains are hung on the high arched windows, beautifully designed boxes are above the dance floor, and romantic whispers seem to stay in the breeze. But in fact, the breeze blew in from a row of broken windows.

The floor of the ballroom is covered with wet plaster, smelly carpet and broken wood. The chandelier fell to the ground, and the crystal inside was broken or stolen. Water droplets oozed from the 30-story roof. Debris is everywhere: an old lampshade, a dirty mattress, an abandoned TV set, several wooden beams, and rubble peeling off the wall. It's both exciting and frustrating,' said Cokar. Boileau compared the hotel to the wreck of the Titanic, saying that it was like a huge ship lying on the bottom of the sea, and time seemed to freeze. In the hall, there is a magazine 1974, Playboy. There are more than a dozen bottles of sealed brandy hidden in the wine cellar, which have not been moved since the closing of 1984 hotel; There are many canned corned beef and a large bottle of black cherry in the pantry.

Dan Cosmochi, a 22-year-old engineering student, said, "You can imagine the grand occasion here. The noise, the crowd and the people inside are busy with their own affairs. Terror Tour in Detroit When they talked about the night tour experience, they were all stunned. How dare you go shopping at midnight? Don't you know that the crime rate in Detroit is the highest in America? Generally, no one dares to go out after 6 pm. Violent incidents emerge one after another, and frightening cases appear every once in a while.

God bless you, you have been in a coma for two hours, but you are still safe and sound. They also told us an international joke. There is a big sign at Detroit airport that says: Welcome to Detroit wholeheartedly. On the back, it is written in trembling small letters: If you have enough courage. After the fear, we thought about it carefully: after two hours of shopping, nothing happened.

Maybe it's because in that city, at that moment, you dared to drive around. What else can it be if it's not a rogue bandit? Therefore, we did not expect to be afraid of others. Others may be afraid of us. Across the river, Canada is a completely different story. Toronto, midnight, nightlife has just begun. The expression of a girl walking in the street tells us: At this moment, you can have a glass of beer. Dude said, let's go for a ride. Detroit is still a world-famous automobile city after all. If there is no objection, then go out and have a look. When I drive into town, I always feel that something is wrong. It's only ten o'clock at night, and no one has a car.

The whole city of Detroit is almost like an empty city. We even wonder if this is downtown. Go to the store, buy some daily necessities and ask around. The shopkeeper stood behind the grating glass window and watched us warily, then took out our money from a small hole and sent the goods out from another larger window. When we asked him if he was downtown, he said nothing but nodded. Maybe he is dumb. Go out again, turn from street to street, and finally meet a few people, all black, in groups of three or five, with strange shapes. I also met several cars, passing by like fire.

Unfortunately, there is no lovers' garden and no street garden, which can't be regarded as a garden. Unfortunately, those squares are surrounded by benches. What is a square without tourists wandering around? Unfortunately, the bright moon shines on the empty city and the dead city. Disappointed, I fell asleep and left Detroit.