As the tallest building in Downtown Detroit, the Renaissance Center has dominated the city’s skyline for more than four decades ... but what did the city look like before the enormous building was erected?

I recently had the privilege of working on what I consider to be one of the coolest stories I’ve done in my entire 40-year career here at Local 4.

DETROIT Check out this 1976 interview with then-Detroit Tigers rookie Mark The Bird Fidrych, who was asked about his mound antics, including talking to the baseball, after his second career MLB start. Local 4s Sean Forsyth was digging through the archives when he came across this interview from May 26, 1976. Fidrych had tossed a complete game the day before, allowing two runs in an eight-inning loss to the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. It was just Fidrychs second career start and fourth appearance overall, but already his unique mound antics were becoming a hot topic around Detroit. No, thats just the way I keep my mind in the game, Fidrych said.

ANN ARBOR The Ann Arbor District Library wants to hear from you for a new project. The AADL Archives has launched the Pandemic Log in order to document life during the coronavirus pandemic. Anyone can submit materials to the Pandemic Log via the following methods:Here are some Frequently Asked Questions from AADL:What types of submissions are you looking for? Since we are looking to document whatever we can, we are looking for any way you think is best to document. What's the thing you will tell people 40 years from now when you are all talking about what you did during the 2020 pandemic?