DETROIT, Mich. (Michigan News Source) — A flag big enough to stop Woodward Avenue in its tracks could soon return to downtown Detroit. Developer Bedrock is asking city officials to allow a six-story American flag to drape from the side of the Hudson’s Detroit development this November, reviving a patriotic tradition not seen since the mid-1970s.

The display, slated for Nov. 6–30, would be unveiled during the ribbon-cutting of Nick Gilbert Way and stay up through the city’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

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Back in 1923, Hudson’s turned heads downtown by unfurling what was then the largest American flag in the world, measuring 230 by 90 feet. Later versions grew even larger and heavier, requiring armies of workers to hoist them into place. The tradition carried on until 1976, when the final flag was retired to the Smithsonian as part of America’s bicentennial.

The store itself closed in 1998, but its successor—Bedrock’s Hudson’s Detroit tower, still under construction and expected to open in 2027—could bring the flag back this fall. If City Council signs off, November’s display will stitch a familiar thread of red, white, and blue into the city’s skyline once again.