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New Center: Hats off
I am Leslie Cleage and am enrolled in the Community Journalism class at the University of Detroit Mercy. My reporting beat is the New Center Area.
While becoming familiar with the area, I noticed a cluster of shops that filled one block of Woodward between Milwaukee and West Grand Boulevard. I also noticed Mr. Song Millinery. Several weeks later I learned that this same hat shop created a hat for a famous client.
Local hat maker Luke Song created a strikingly odd hat for the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. Franklin wore that hat while singing at the inauguration of President Obama. Song's creation will be placed on display in the Smithsonian Institute.
I wonder if he thought that this personalized creation for Franklin would find its way into American History?
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