{"id":12615,"date":"2013-10-31T01:12:30","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T01:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/blog\/ruthmclachlin\/?p=37"},"modified":"2013-10-31T01:12:30","modified_gmt":"2013-10-31T01:12:30","slug":"on-detroits-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/on-detroits-streets\/","title":{"rendered":"On Detroit&#8217;s Streets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/ruthmclachlin\/files\/2014\/01\/IMG_0186.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 2px solid black;\" alt=\"IMG_0186\" src=\"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/ruthmclachlin\/files\/2014\/01\/IMG_0186-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A few months ago I took my first solitary jaunt through the streets of Detroit. As I soaked in my surroundings, curious what this notoriously nefarious city had to offer:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A security guard took the time to learn my name and shake my hand en route to his shift;<\/li>\n<li>A car stopped in the face of a green light and invited me to proceed;<\/li>\n<li>A <a href=\"http:\/\/cbsdetroit.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/1515-broadway-cafe.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cozy caf\u00e9<\/a> offered free coffee to whoever purchased the building next door;<\/li>\n<li>A driver turning right halted, rolled down his window, and apologized after realizing I intended to cross;<\/li>\n<li>A passerby gently informed me I was within mist range of a nearby fountain, rescuing me from certain dousing;<\/li>\n<li>And I happened upon a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fountainbistro.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">charming bistro<\/a> adjacent to said fountain, where I enjoyed the rest of my afternoon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All within the span of two hours.<br \/>\nSounds like the opening scene of a fairy tale, doesn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago I took my first solitary jaunt through the streets of Detroit. As I soaked in my surroundings, curious what this notoriously nefarious city had to offer: &nbsp; A security guard took the time to learn my name and shake my hand en route to his shift; A car stopped in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":301,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[63,255],"class_list":["post-12615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-detroit","tag-detroit","tag-streets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/301"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12615\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}