The second Detroit-style Pizza Day

Happy National Detroit-Style Pizza Day! National Day Calendar uploaded a video to celebrate today: National Detroit Style Pizza Day | June 23.

Do you know the special recipe for making Detroit Style pizza?

Come along and find out. It starts with the crust – deep and thick in composition and yet light and airy in taste. From there it just gets better and better...

Detroit's pizza is catching on nationally, as Fox 2 Detroit reported Where is the best pizza in America? One study says Detroit exactly three months ago.

Detroit's known for many things, including its pizza, according to one study.

That was a fun survey of the Detroit pizza scene.

WLNS in Lansing, Michigan, has been uploading location shots all morning as part of the station's "Its Detroit Style Pizza Day and Buddy's is giving back" series. I'm sharing this one.


Looks like the location reporter's having as much fun as the Fox 2 reporter did.

Enough of the string of holiday entries that began with Top U.S. baby names of 2021 for the Father's Day Weekend. I might post something evergreen tomorrow or I might write something about the January 6th Committee hearings. Stay tuned.

Sinkhole in Detroit-what happens when infrastructure is neglected

Before I summarize yesterday's Woodward Dream Cruise, I'm sharing the following that caught my eye last night.




Car into sinkhole in Detroit

The car was still stuck in the sinkhole that night.




SUV into sinkhole in Detroit

As soon as I saw those clips, I told my wife that this had to be the result of a water main break. WLNS confirmed my suspicions.

Detroit Water Main Break Causes Sink Hole

Some residents in Detroit are still without water as crews work to repair a water main break.

The break happened Thursday and it's not clear when water will be restored.

I've written before about Detroit's water system, which services at least four million people in eight counties. It's probably the most prized asset of the City of Detroit, which is why the suburbs are trying to get at least partial control of it. However, it won't be worth nearly as much if the water mains aren't maintained. When they're neglected, incidents like this happen. Now, both the water main and the street have to be replaced at great inconvenience to all involved. Regular maintenance and willingness to budget for it would go a long way to prevent sinkholes, lost water service, and blocked roads.

Besides, not only is investment in infrastructure necessary, it's sexy.




UPDATE: WXYZ added the following video yesterday in addition to the ones I posted above.




Crews are repairing a massive sinkhole that swallowed an SUV on Thursday.

It turned out that three parts of the infrastructure failed. Not only did a water main break, but the initial failure was a leak in the sewer line that caused the road to collapse. It also wasn't a complete surprise, either, as residents had been calling the city to tell them to check out the problem.

Remember what I wrote about the millage elections?

I think Inkster will be sorry they didn't fix the sewers. That's a disaster waiting to happen.

This is exactly the kind of disaster waiting for Inkster and what happens when citizens and governments choose austerity over sustainability.