The brainchild of global brand strategist Everard Findlay, the project seeks to create common ground inside one of the city’s most illustrious buildings. “I envisioned putting a halfpipe in the Fisher Building to celebrate community cohesion in the city of Detroit,” Findlay tells Lonely Planet. “Skating—a sport which embodies diversity in every way, has the unique ability to draw together radically different people.”

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