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Detroit got a second bridge to Canada, and almost nobody noticed
The first new road crossing to Windsor since 1929 opened this year. It is publicly owned, it was paid for by another country, and it arrived a year late to very little fanfare.
Also this week
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Mx. Granger · CC0, via Wikimedia Commons New lawsEight things that quietly became law in Michigan this year
Fri, Sep 4, 2026
Most of them arrived on 1 January without anybody announcing it to you. Two put money in your pocket, one takes it back out, and one exists because of a ticket queue.
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WMrapids · CC0, via Wikimedia Commons City HallEight months of Mary Sheffield, measured in what actually changed
Fri, Sep 4, 2026
Detroit's first woman mayor took office in January. Here is what has been enacted, what has only been proposed, and why the difference matters.
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Michael Tighe · CC0, via Wikimedia Commons DowntownWhat Detroit actually approved this year, according to its own paperwork
Fri, Sep 4, 2026
A hospital, two schools, an office block and a 1,600-seat theater. The permit register is a duller document than a press release and a far more reliable one.
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Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons SportsThe Red Wings open camp in two weeks with no general manager
Fri, Sep 4, 2026
Steve Yzerman is gone, the captain has asked to be traded, and the man currently running hockey operations is not allowed to make a trade or sign anybody.
On in the next week
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Forecast 46°F · Mostly Clear · wind 0 to 3 mph NNW National Weather Service, issued 2026-10-20 00:01 UTC
Tue, Oct 20, 2026 · 10:00am
CommunityBlind Date with a Spooky Book
Lincoln Branch, Detroit Public Library
Tue, Oct 20, 2026 · 10:00am
Classes & talksDPL Letter Writing Project
Parkman Branch, Detroit Public Library
Tue, Oct 20, 2026 · 10:00am
Classes & talksSeed Saving @ Parkman Branch
Parkman Branch, Detroit Public Library
Tue, Oct 20, 2026 · 10:30am
Classes & talksMicrosoft Excel Skills
Redford Branch, Detroit Public Library
What lands, and when
Five projects, on one timeline.
Bars run from the reported start to the reported finish. Pale means still to come. The Gordie Howe bridge is the only one of the five already carrying traffic.
Source: crainsdetroit.com · hourdetroit.com ·Why this is called Detroit Hub
A hub because that is literally how Detroit is built. After the fire of 1805 Augustus Woodward laid the city out as avenues radiating from a point rather than a grid, and Woodward, Michigan, Grand River, Gratiot and Fort still run at those angles today. Everything meets in the middle.
Every other American city of its size was laid out on a grid. Detroit was not, and you can still feel it at every downtown junction that refuses to meet at ninety degrees.