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Spring Open House

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Spring Open house Detroit's spring open house should begin with  "Bell Isle Park" Better known as "Bell Isle" this island park is in the Detroit river between Michigan and Ontario. At over 900 acres it's one of the largest urban parks in the country, even larger than New York's "Central Park" More than 500,000 Daffodils have been planted all over the Island and at the entrance to the park by the "Woman's National Farm & Garden Association" An annual event at the "Detroit Yacht Club" celebrates the blooming of the "Daffodils" with a luncheon that's open to guest. The Pear trees were covered with tiny white blossoms, repeating the same look they had only a short while ago of being covered by snow The "Jame's Scott Memorial fountain is in the  background, not yet turned on. One of the main attractions on the Island is the "Anna Scripps Whitcomb&
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The Kresge Mansion on Woodward

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Woodward 313-248 This is a glimpse at life from a lifelong Detroit resident Join me on my journey along Woodward Avenue from Detroit to Pontiac, Ferndale to Bloomfield Hills, Birmingham to Highland Park, and anywhere that's accessible from Woodward Avenue. We'll venture through historic old neighborhoods, and visit new ones about to make history. We'll go to little known, and well known restaurants, visit art galleries, and meet artists. We'll walk in public parks, see monuments, learn historical facts, see the beautiful and the not so beautiful, the old and the new. Along the way we'll meet the movers, the shakers, the visionaries, the dreamers, and a few the interesting people that make 313 and 248 tick. Springtime in Detroit It's been a long hard winter but spring has finally arrived. I've always enjoyed driving along Woodward  looking for signs of spring. Winter coats, and gloves are being replaced with short-sleeves and shorts. Car windo
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