Do NOT go to the posted coordinates, unless you want to visit the exhibition floor of a Fortune 500 company HQ, LOL.
The geocache is NOT at the posted coordinates!
Follow the description below and the waypoints!
Welcome to Downtown Detroit!
Hop on Detroit People MoverTM and enjoy the tour of iconic Detroit architecture.
The architecture of metropolitan Detroit continues to attract the attention of architects and preservationists alike. With one of the world's recognizable skylines, Detroit's waterfront panorama shows a variety of architectural styles. The post-modern neogothic spires of One Detroit Center refer to designs of the city's historic Art Deco skyscrapers. Together with the Renaissance Center, they form the city's distinctive skyline. Detroit's architecture is recognized as being among the finest in the U.S. Detroit has one of the largest surviving collections of late-19th- and early-20th-century buildings in the U.S. Because of the city's economic difficulties, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has listed many of Detroit's skyscrapers and buildings as some of America's most endangered landmarks. [Wikipedia]
While you are enjoing the architecture, you are more than welcome to complete this cache. At each of the stations you will be required to disembark the train, perform given task, then to go aboard again. Kudos to all, who can do it all, while riding the same train, LOL.
All of the tasks will require you to attach a photo of yourself (a selfie) AND will require you to send an email / message with answers to the CO.
Housekeeping:
- The total time it took me to test the cache was 2.5 hours. It may differ, though, depending on the number of trains in operation.
3 trains - 1h 45min.
2 trains - 2h 15min.
1 train - a little over 3 hours.
- Parking - use a mobile phone app to reserve the parking (by license plate). You'll pay $10 for 5 hours, instead of $30, you get the gist,
OR you can park for free along Atwater Street - waypoint provided.
- As of November 21st, 2023, the People Mover's operating schedule is as follows:
- Monday-Thursday ---> 7:00 AM – 10:30 PM
- Friday ---> 7:00 AM – 12:00 AM
- Saturday ---> 10:00 AM – 12:00 AM
- Sunday ---> 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Please, note that the schedule may change during holidays, events and maintenance breaks.
For details, check Detroit People Mover website.
To get the credit for this cache you need to:
- Attach photos of yourself at ALL stations to your "Found It" log. Your head must be visible, but you can blur or mask your face for privacy. Also, the features indicated in the listing below must be visible in the picture. If there is fog, well, you'll have to come back and take a picture with the feature / building visible. No night photos, unless you can prove that the features / buildings are REALLY visible.
- One geocaching user name (the cacher logging as "Found It") per photo. No group (multiple geocaching user names) photos. No photos from inside the train car. No photos from open car door. You need to disembark the train.
- If your geocaching user name consists of multiple persons, any person of the user name is sufficient for the photos.
- One message / email per geocacher (geocaching user name) with the answers. No "John Smith Team provided answers for me" kind of log entries.
If ANY of the conditions above are NOT fulfilled, your "Found It" log will be deleted without warning.
- The cache is considered as "Found It", when all pertaining photos are attached to your "Found It" log AND the email / message with answers has been received by the CO.
- You can log the cache as "Found It" as soon as you are finished riding the train. However, the grace period between logging as "Found It", and attaching all photos, and sending the email / message, is 7 days. If the logging conditions after this time are not fulfilled, your log will be deleted without warning.
FTF: Bobo102102 & Team-Gates
STF: Hooked On U & OCCD
TTF: fbax & walterbax
List of the tasks to do:
- All photos can be taken from the station platforms and the surrounding areas WITHOUT leaving the platform area through the turnstiles.
- All tasks can be performed from the station platforms and the lower levels WITHOUT leaving the areas through the turnstiles.
- If you cross a turnstile, you'll have to pay the ticket price to get back.
1. Renaissance Center Station
Location: Tower 200, Level 2
Take a selfie as shown with SS. Peter and Paul Jesuit Church in the back.
The task:
1. Go to the west end of the platform, find a green square sign on the maintenance area grey wall here. What are the white numbers / letters / words on it?
2. Millender Center Station
Location: Inside the Millender Center, Level 5
Take a selfie as shown with ALLY Detroit Center (formerly One Detroit Center) in the back.
Do NOT leave the platform through the door, as you'll have to pay the fare again to go back.
The task (you do NOT have to leave the platform):
1. Through the glass door - find a tiled mosaic with upside-down "L"-shaped gold color motives. How many gold color tiles can you see, that make up these motives?
3. Financial District Station
Location: On Larned, between Shelby & Griswold St.
Take a selfie as shown with Guardian Building in the back.
The tasks:
1. From the platform level - find the mosaic with 2 peacocks. How many SQUARE tiles does it consist of?
2. Walk 1 level lower, find "D" FOR DETROIT plaque. What is the last line in the "artist:" section?
4. Water Square (formerly West Riverfront, formerly Joe Louis Arena) Station
Location: Inside Joe Louis Arena
Take a selfie as shown with Penobscot Building and Renaissance Center visible in the back.
The tasks (you do NOT have to leave the platform):
1. Facing the track, look at the mosaic to your right. It has been placed on the wall of red tiles. What is the width of the mosaic? Count the red SQUARE tiles only in a SINGLE horizontal line.
2. At the bottom right corner of the mosaic there is a 1-line inscription. What is its last word?
5. Huntington Place (Convention Center) Station
Location: Inside the Huntington Place, Fourth Floor near Congress St.
Take a selfie as shown with that red car in the back.
The tasks:
1. Find Chevrolet on the mosaic. What is its license plate number?
2. In the bottom right corner of the mosaic - what is the last line of the 3-line description?
6. Fort / Cass Station
Location: On Cass Ave. near Fort Street
Take a selfie as shown with the mosaic in the back.
The task:
1. Find a square blue tile with white / off-white circle in it. How many of those are there? Do NOT count square blue tiles with grey / dark grey / black circles. I'll allow +-1 tolerance here.
7. Michigan Ave. Station
Location: Corner of Michigan and Cass Avenues
Take a selfie as shown with Rosa Parks Transit Center in the back.
The tasks:
1. On the platform level, to the left of the leftmost art piece, there are 5 vertical conduit pipes, partially obstructing a small plaque. What are the first two lines on the plaque ([First Name][Last name] [year]-[year])?
2. Look at the art on the walls. How many suitcases / purses / hand luggage pieces in total are there?
8. Times Square Station
Location: Grand River, between Cass and Washington Boulevard
Take a selfie as shown with the historic Leland Hotel.
The task:
1. Using the escalator or the elevator, go to the street level, but do not cross the turnstiles. At the bottom of the escalator, on the side wall of the elevator, find the mosaic motif as shown in the photo. What is written on the camouflaged tile ([word] [number] [word])?
9. Grand Circus Park Station
Location: Park Street, Near Woodward Ave.
Take a selfie as shown with Central United Methodist Church in the back.
The tasks:
1. Find the "Catching Up" sculpture on the platform. The man is reading a newspaper. What is the issue date on the newspaper ([day of the week], [month] [day], [year])?
2. Find a folded newspaper on his suitcase. What is its price?
10. Broadway Station
Location: Corner of Broadway and John R.
Take a selfie as shown with Detroit Opera House in the back.
The task:
1. Walk 1 level lower, find the tiled mosaic covering whole wall, 2 story high. How many full tiles is it wide (on LOWER level)? How many full tiles is it high?
11. Cadillac Center Station
Location: Gratiot Ave. and Library St.
Take a selfie as shown with the Skillman Branch of Detroit Public Library.
The tasks:
1. On the platform level, on the side wall of the elevator, find the portal mosaic (there are few more at this station, focus on the elevator one). On the right side, approximately 3ft above the floor, find a dark blue / indigo tile with a person. What is their profession [one word]?
2. On the platform level, at the top of the stairs / escalator, there are 2 silver plaques with black lettering. What is the first line in the "funded by:" section [3 words]?
12. Greektown Station
Location: Inside the Greektown Casino, Level 3
Take a selfie as shown with Renaissance Center in the back.
The tasks:
1. Find a repeating mosaic pattern on the floor. How many black squares, blue squares, white squares in the middle does it consist of?
2. Find a plaque on the big pillar on the platform. How many lines does the "funded by:" section consist of?
13. Bricktown Station
Location: On Beaubien St., north of Congress St.
Take a selfie as shown with Wayne County Building in the back.
The tasks:
1. Go to the street level, but do not cross the turnstiles. At the bottom of the escalator, there is a piece of art on the wall. How many NCS basic (or elementary) colors does it consist of (it's more than 3, less than 10)? What are the colors (don't overthink it)?
2. Find a plaque below this piece of art. Who funded it [3 words]?
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