Saved From the Snow

If your car got stuck in a Cleveland neighborhood, the local media might lead you to think you're in a world of trouble... unless you get stuck in the newly branded "Edgewater Hill" block of the Detroit Shoreway, which includes Battery Park.

During the "Great Blizzard of 2008," some Battery Park residents represented the essence of neighborly love. Starting at 7:45am, residents took out their shovels and began digging out stranded cars from the streets of the Detroit Shoreway Neighborhood. It was community bonding in an unconventional way.

One lady was travelling home to West Park with her children after an afternoon sled ride, when she got caught in a snow mound on West 74th. Neighbors hastened to her aide and even entertained the children outside the car while a few worked to push the van all the way to Detroit Avenue. While the recipients of these random acts of kindness expressed gratitude, the real benefactors were the neighbors who got the opportunity to bond with each other during the snow storm.