It was a clear summer day, and so I decided to drive back from a meeting in Detroit to my Downriver home along the slower, more interesting Jefferson Avenue route, instead of the quicker I-75 one.
Jefferson Avenue meanders along the Detroit River through industrial property and brownfield sites (former industrial or commercial properties where future use is affected by environmental contamination) in Southwest Detroit,
I spotted Dearborn Street, where a short dirt road dead-ends into the Rouge River Old Channel just 200 feet from Jefferson. Bottles and cans were scattered on the street, much like you often see around many liquor stores, and I thought of the people I often saw fishing there.I drive by this site frequently and often see one or two people fishing along the riverbank…