Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from September, 2026

River Rouge: Dearborn & Fairlane Estate

  Waterfall at Fairlane Detroit Institute of Arts Inside|Out installation at Melvindale Community Center Parking near launch Among pleasant surprises when we arrived at the Melvindale John K. Keesey fieldhouse and launch into the Rouge River and paddle upstream to the Fairlane Estate was this replica from their collection "Bank of the Oise at Auvers", by Vincent van Gogh. Several times a year they place these artworks in communities that support the DIA. The Inside|Out program https://dia.org/insideout   places the works each spring and summer for the last 17 years.  Enroute one crosses under Interstate Highways, Freeways, railways, and Michigan Ave Upstream of Michigan Ave and Railway the riverbank transistions to a more natural environment   Fairlane Estate  The Henry Ford and Greenfield Village are just beyond Eagle Lane, not really navigable to enter Unfortunately the River does collect waste Passing under bridges Rail bridge in the distance as passin...