We thought we knew a thing or two about Detroit history, especially the plan devised by Judge Augustus Woodward of hexagonal sections and diagonal streets. We’ve written about it before, of course, and figured that was all there was to it.
Leave it to amateur historian and blogger Paul Sewick to one-up us. His latest post at Detroit Urbanism is the first of a three-part series (talk about a “deep dive” into a topic) on the Woodward Plan, and includes plenty of information we had never heard before, including a rock and a marker that were buried downtown about two centuries ago, and some details about the precocious and pretentious Judge Woodward.
Take a look if you have a few moments and see what Sewick has uncovered. We can’t wait to see parts 2 and 3.
This article appears in Apr 6-12, 2016.
