In Detroit we got some culture by walking around the Fisher Building, beautiful to say the least, stunning to say more. Then Hitsville, where Motown started and recorded too much music to list. I find it amazing that when a Motown song is played over the PA at school even the teenagers from all over the world I work with know it. Hard to believe what came out of what was essentially a tiny neighborhood home.
Our longest stop was at the Detroit Institute of Arts. It has the incredible Diego Rivera murals showing Detroit's place in not just the automotive industry, but science and aviation. There was an exhibition funded by former Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson that had many paintings on loan from Buffalo's Albright Museum on display while that museum undergoes an expansion.Ralph's two cities connected through art.
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