This issue was recategorized from Potholes to Other - Referred to other City Department.

How did the sidewalk get broken up like that? Did it just happen? Who is to blame?

(What if the water department is to blame for the cracking of a sidewalk? Does it mean one has to live with it until a street is resurfaced?)

Greg, was DTE working there at the time? Those same scraping marks are on my neighbor's section of the sidewalk where DTE was working recently digging up a small bit of his yard near the sidewalk.

These look like they were broken by the demolition of the house. It's from before DTE was around. If it was broken by the demolition than the contractor is responsible, aren't they?

I would hope the contractor would be responsible. Was that a city contractor. If so I would contact the city. It appears that big portions of sidewalk and curbs are being redone on a few streets near Shrewsbury... Shrewsbury included. What's that all about? I'm in the dark about that. Maybe all the sidewalks and curbs in the neighborhood are going to be repaired. Three weeks ago I was speaking to someone in the water department, and he said the city was eventually doing all of the sidewalks/curbs in Detroit... and at the moment they were on the east side. Maybe the sidewalk near you will be done, too. I wasn't aware of a house being demolished in that area.