As someone who left Ypsilanti twice, and, in both instances, ended up moving back, I’m always interested to find out why it is that people choose to make their homes in our community. What follow are links to all of the Ypsi Immigration Interviews that I’ve conducted over the course of the past several years. […]
By Mark | December 16, 2012
A few weeks ago, I posted an exit interview with Chris Legz Pierce, who, like many others before him, decided to pull up stakes and head west, to the promised land of Portland, Oregon. Well, as luck would have it, the universe intervened, and gave us someone in return. Following is my interview with a […]
Posted in Michigan, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Tagged animals, Arlo, ashrams, Bird, birds, childcare, Chris Legz Pierce, Clementine, comunes, Costa Rica, Death, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, evil trees, Farm Sanctuary, farming, Heiwa House, Juna, Portland, vegetarian, welcome wagon, Ypsi immigration interview |
By Mark | October 10, 2012
A few days ago, after posting an exit interview with my friend Josh, I mentioned that I needed to take a break from interviewing people who were leaving Ypsi for a while, and focus instead on interesting, new people moving into our community. Well, shortly after posting that, I received an email from a reader […]
Posted in Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Tagged Ann Arbor loses artists, artists, curtain rods, Dos Hermanos, Indiana, Indianapolis, Irvington, Josh Chamberlain, local business, Michael McAtee, Nicasia Marie Solano-Reed, Patrick Elkins, Sunny Smith, Water Street, Ypsi immigration interview |
By Mark | February 16, 2012
I’m thinking that, from now on, I should draw new Ypsi residents, in addition to interviewing them. I think it would be particularly interesting in those cases when I’ve never met the individual face-to-face. (I think it would make my email interviews a lot more interesting, if, in addition to asking questions about why folks […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, History, Ypsilanti | Tagged architecture, Battle Creek, Dreamland Theater, Ferndale, public school challenges, Sojourner Truth, Valerie Bieberich, walkability, Woodruff's, Ypsi immigration interview, Ypsi Public School District |
By Mark | January 30, 2012
A former Ypsilanti resident, who, the last I heard, had gotten married and run off to become a farmer in Hawaii, sent me a short, cryptic message a few weeks back, suggesting that I look up a friend of his who just moved to Ypsilanti, and interview her as part of our Ypsi Immigration Interview […]
Posted in Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Tagged Alexandra Sarkozy, Anthology Film Archives, architecture, Brooklyn, Chavella's, Depot Town, farmers market, Growing Hope, hacker space, independent bookstores, independent press, Indian restaurants, Issue Project Room, Kalamazoo, Kevin Dole, Prospect park, public transportation, retail in Ypsilanti, Sustainability, third spaces, thrift stores, tool library, Transition Ypsilanti, Unnameable Books, walkable downtown, Ypsi Food Co-op, Ypsi immigration interview, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews, Ypsilanti District Library, Ypsilanti Historical Society |
