  Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger Post Number: 1704 Registered: 05-2008 |
The folks on this forum love our city--there's no doubt about that! Have you thought of becoming a volunteer tour guide? A few posters on this forum are guides for Preservation Wayne (including myself). Why don't you join us? We have both regularly scheduled tours and special tours. Our tour season is from May 2nd until September 26th--with special tours offered throughout the season and in October. Here are just a few of the tours we offer: Auto Heritage May - September, 1st and 3rd Saturdays at 10AM Cultural Center May - September, every Saturday at 10AM Downtown May - September, every Saturday at 10AM Downtown Buildings of Louis Kamper May - September, rotating Tuesdays at 5:30PM Downtown Buildings of Albert Kahn May - September, rotating Tuesdays at 5:30PM Downtown Sculptures, Fountains & Art May - September, rotating Tuesdays at 5:30PM People Mover Tour, rotating Tuesdays at 5:30 PM Downtown Skyscrapers May - September, rotating Tuesdays at 5:30PM Eastern Market May - September, every Saturday at 10AM East Ferry Avenue Offered Annually during Detroit Festival of the Arts Midtown May - September, every Saturday at 10AM Theater District Saturday, August 15, 2009 If you're a little nervous about being a tour guide, there are spots open for shepherds, too! In 2009 we will also offer Saturday and Tuesday tours in October by appointment. Call 313-577-7674 or email info@preservationwayne.org. Private Group Tours Interested in booking a private group tour? Please contact us at least one month in advance to discuss opportunities to discover Detroit by foot or charter bus. Past custom tours include: Houses of Worship, Boston-Edison, and African-American Heritage. | ||
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger Post Number: 1707 Registered: 05-2008 |
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Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 6246 Registered: 08-2004 |
This will be my 10th year as on site guide at the State/Filmore Theatre for the downtown Historic Movie Palace Tours. I love being a guide... you get to go to places that regular visitors never get to see! Some years the guides got to visit the 8th floor of the Fox Building. Other years we got to visit all the floors of the Opera House, as well as go on the roof (where a rooftop garden theatre was once planned, but never implemented). One of my favorite times was sitting with the organist at the Fox (up in the balcony slave organ console) while he's playing the mighty Fox Wurlitzer 4/36 organ for the tour visitors down below. One year the guides got a private tour of the basements and mechanical areas of the Fox... awesome. And you get to meet other forumers and the hoi poloi of Detroit preservation!  | ||
French777 Member Username: French777 Post Number: 720 Registered: 10-2006 |
I heard these Tours are really good! | ||
French777 Member Username: French777 Post Number: 721 Registered: 10-2006 |
I wish there was a Belle Isle Tour!? | ||
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger Post Number: 1708 Registered: 05-2008 |
Frenchy, it's in the works. | ||
French777 Member Username: French777 Post Number: 723 Registered: 10-2006 |
Sweet!! I would Love that tour! I am Def going on at leased one of those tours this summer! | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2230 Registered: 10-2003 |
French777: Come on down and take the Cultural Center tour! I'm the tour facilitator for that tour, and would enjoy some DYes'rs on my tour!!! I will try to post when I'm scheduled to lead the tour. | ||
French777 Member Username: French777 Post Number: 724 Registered: 10-2006 |
I didn't even see that one when I glanced at the list! Dumb question: How does that differ from the Midtown Tour? Sounds Great! | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2231 Registered: 10-2003 |
The Cultural Center is adjacent to Wayne State University, encompassing 9-square blocks just east. Midtown is south of the WSU campus. | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2232 Registered: 10-2003 |
BTW..these walking tours make great gifts! Treat your mom or dad or grandparents or whoever to time with you on one of our walking tours and then grab lunch nearby and then maybe see more afterwards. | ||
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger Post Number: 1709 Registered: 05-2008 |
Excellent idea, Kathleen. French, let me know when you plan to be one Saturday in Detroit. I'm the tour facilitator and one of the guides for the Automotive Heritage tour. I'm also a docent at the T-Plex. I'll take you on the tours and treat you to lunch afterwards. You'll have to plan a Saturday with Kathleen and then with me. Our tours run at the same time. ;-) | ||
French777 Member Username: French777 Post Number: 725 Registered: 10-2006 |
Will Do! | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 6248 Registered: 08-2004 |
I remember a few years back PW did a Midtown Theatre Tour... Masonic Temple Theatre & Scottish Rite Theatre, Bonstelle, Orchestra Hall, Hillberry and DIA Theatre (I think I may have missed one or two in my list). But didn't that one involve a minibus, and ended up being a one year only tour? | ||
Dorothyd Member Username: Dorothyd Post Number: 68 Registered: 09-2007 |
Gistok, I remember going on that tour. We started at the Masonic Temple and ended up at the DIA Theatre. They did have a shuttle bus to get us back to the Masonic. I think that tour included lunch at the Majestic, didn't it? Could have been another one of Katherine's tours. I loved taking her tours, they always lasted longer than advertised because she had so much information about everything. One of the tours that started at the Masonic (may have been this one) also included a tour of Michael Farrell's Art House. | ||
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger Post Number: 1710 Registered: 05-2008 |
The Theatre District Tour is scheduled for August 15, 2009. Lunch is included in this tour. I'll find out more for you. | ||
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw Post Number: 4413 Registered: 02-2005 |
Does the skyscraper tour take you to any of the observation decks? | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2235 Registered: 10-2003 |
In the past, the only observation deck on the Skyscraper tour was the Penobscot Building's. Unfortunately it has been several years since that was possible. I have not heard of any observation deck being part of this year's Skyscraper tour. There was no mention of it at our annual PW Tour Season kickoff meeting on Saturday. | ||
Cman710 Member Username: Cman710 Post Number: 614 Registered: 07-2006 |
My fiancee gave me a trip to Detroit for last year's theater tour and it was a great time. So French and anyone else, I highly recommend it. The tour is incredibly informative and you will get to see a side of downtown that would otherwise have been impossible. I wish I was in the Detroit area so that I could do the tours, but hope to take advantage of another one soon. Thanks to all who volunteer! |
