This photo is taken from Spring St., towards the North and shows the back of Washington Street businesses. Most of the trestle in this area has been removed, all the way to the old ore dock on Lakeshore. Shooting East from Fourth St., you can tell how much of the trestle is gone, opening up a pretty big area for a streetscape. The large black grid-like structures used to hold the railroad track. These pieces will be coming down this week.
Lake Superior is barely visible in the distance.
The NMU Hockey Wildcats sealed their playoff berth with a sweep against Western Michigan University, Feb. 4 and 5. They also moved to within one point of first-place Michigan in the CCHA standings. This sets up a great pair of battles over the next two weeks. The 'Cats take on Michigan State University in Lansing, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 12 and 13. The Saturday game can be seen live on Fox Sports Detroit.