Hardware City wakes early even in a storm, and somebody has to make that possible. Drezek and Son Property Services LLC runs the small hours while snow is still falling on Corbin Avenue — driveways plowed down to blacktop, walks shoveled to full width, salt worked into the spots that glaze over first. There is a plainness to the work that satisfies: you find a buried property, and you hand it back. Lots get cleared before the first car turns in, and stairs and entries get treated so nobody has to think about them. A city that has always made tools understands the value of one used well.