Readers weigh in on redesigning the Detroit flag
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In honor of Flag Day, we asked how you would redesign Detroit's flag to make it more iconic.
Catch up quick: The current flag that references the Great Fire of 1805 and the city's colonial history doesn't quite meet vexillologists standard for a "good flag."
- It also isn't the most proudly displayed around town — Sam couldn't find a single city flag being flown downtown on Tuesday, not even outside the Coleman A. Young center.
Here's what readers suggested to improve our flag:
Matt P.: "In the center of the circle, I'd use a white Old English D, copying the blackletter typeface used in the earliest days of the Detroit Free Press from the 1830s."
Clara H.: "I lived in D.C. for four years and miss seeing folks with the city's flag on their homes and tattooed on their bodies. Simple flags rule!"
Adam D.: "I would say eliminate the entire circle section and expand the squares, so you'd just have the four quadrants."
Brian S.: "Perhaps the flag is better suited to us than you think — it shows how the outpost-turned-city was fought over between the colonies, the British and the French."
