Judging from social media, it looks as though a lot of you headed out with your cameras today, to help document the minutiae of everyday life in Ypsilanti. We’ve still got an entire day to go, several dozen #DocumentYpsi2017 entries have already been posted on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, and every time I check back, there are a few more. It was difficult to choose, but here are just a few of my favorites so far… If you’ve got a chance, please keep adding to the collection through tomorrow night.
[Taken from Facebook, Lara Zielin mourns the loss of our old downtown streetlights, which are currently being replaced with LEDs.]
Dom Bakeries #DocumentYpsi2017 pic.twitter.com/L63qeIykzw
— Jeremy Klumpp (@Klumpp13) October 8, 2017
[Jeremy Klumpp visits Dom Bakeries on Washtenaw.]
#FrankD cutting hair at his #209Pearl barbershop #DocumentYpsi2017 pic.twitter.com/St0VtYHFct
— Mark Maynard (@MarkAMaynard) October 7, 2017
[Frank Dodd cuts hair at Frank D’s Barbershop, at 209 Pearl Street, in a room behind his convenience store.]
@RAC_ypsilanti off center gallery exhibit #DocumentYpsi2017 pic.twitter.com/lxw5V3ICLN
— Linette Lao (@linettelao) October 7, 2017
[A luminary for YpsiGlow in the window of Riverside Arts Center.]
Washington Street behind Mix. #DocumentYpsi2017 pic.twitter.com/3UgfQcGEww
— Kim Clarke (@kd_clarke) October 7, 2017
[A screaming baby Trump face stares out the window of the Ypsilanti Experimental Space on North Washington Street, in what used to be the storefront occupied by Wigs by Joan.]
[At Depot Town Farmers Market today, volunteers from the Ypsi Bike Coop repaired 9 bikes, accepted the donation of 2 bikes, and gave up one for adoption.]
On a #HuronRiver floating dock near #PeninsularPark. #DocumentYpsi2017 pic.twitter.com/qj6T4RYSnf
— Mark Maynard (@MarkAMaynard) October 7, 2017
[I didn’t get as much graffiti as I thought that I would today, but I got some… What, after all, would a 2017 digital time capsule be without at least one “Fuck Trump” tag?]
Fishing on the #HuronRiver behind #PeninsularPlaceApartments. #DocumentYpsi2017 pic.twitter.com/2zpS4OYsYI
— Mark Maynard (@MarkAMaynard) October 7, 2017
[There were a lot of folks out fishing today, just below the Peninsular Dam… I thought, given the fact that we’ve been discussing the possibility of removing the nearly 150 year old dam, it probably made sense to document its existence while we can.]
[I’m not certain that this was taken inside the City proper, but I like the above photo, as I think it reflects the time in which we live, with people more actively exploring accessory dwelling unit, tiny homes, and the like.]
[Videos from last night’s talent show at Go Ice Cream.]
[Amy Probst and Kurt Anschuetz making their way down North Washington Street, toward the Go Ice Cream talent competition.]
OK, that’s it for now… If you haven’t already, please consider joining everyone participating thus far by contributing a photo or two. [Background on the #DocumentYpsi2017 project can be found here.]
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No Water Tower shots yet. That surprises me.