As a resident of Detroit since 1968, I don't remember the City plowing residential streets until the mid 1990's under the Archer administration. Archer acquiesced after a media firestorm ensued when then DPS super Eddie Green closed schools because students couldn't get there because roads and sidewalks were impassable. Green urged students to use their snow day to shovel and help out their neighbors. Prior to this, block clubs would hire private contractors for their snow removal as we did on Clements Street.
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