Belle Isle: Detroit’s Beloved Urban Oasis

September 11, 2017 | Story by Susan R. Pollack, Experience Michigan Magazine, Spring/Summer 2017

One of my favorite childhood memories is of pulling into the backseat of my grandfather’s big Dodge with my cousins on steamy summer nights in the 1950s and cruising around Belle Isle, hoping ot catch a breeze off the Detroit River.

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    Belle Isle State Park
    99 Pleasure Drive, Detroit, MI 48207
    313-821-9844