MY Detroit

Detroit, The Motor-City,home of the Red Wings, Pistons,Tigers,Lions and two time W.N.B.A World Champions, The Detroit Shock. Birthplace of the world renound Motown sound. And the Brewster  Projects. "Brewster Projects?"   When was the last time you saw 50 or more kids, all playing the same game with no adult supervision and no fights?   In the late 50's early 60's,  I was one of many kids who played a game we called "Paw Paw Peedaway", peedaway tackle. A project version of "red light, green light." The object of the game was to get from one end of the field to the other with out getting tackled. We'd all line up on one end of the field with one kid(the caller) in the middle. He or she would call out instructions. When he said,"paw paw peedaway get your horse and run away, everyone wouold make a mad dash to the other side of the field. The caller would try to tackle as many kids as he could. Whoever got tackled had to help tackle when the caller gave out instructions again. The game would end whenthe last kid was tackled,who would become the caller and we'd start over again. The game would last for hours.                                                                                                                                                                                                      The Brewster Projects is where I grew up. Located in down town Detroit, north of Comerica Park and Ford Field, west of the Eastern Market and south ofthe Detroit  Medical Center.                                                                                     (   to be con't  )