Let's set aside for a day any controversies over Detroit's new arena to celebrate the labor of the workers in hard hats who are building it.
Thursday marked "topping out" day at the Little Caesars Arena project -- the day when those workers hoist the highest structural steel beam into place on the crown of the arena's skeleton. It's a milestone that begins the race to finish the project by fall of next year.
By tradition, an evergreen tree symbolizing hope and accomplishment sat atop the beam along with an American flag. And, also by tradition, the construction workers who are building the arena got to sign the beam.