Having patched the holes in the roof of 209 Pearl last weekend, Jesse and I turned our attention to demolition today, removing quite a bit of the old plumbing, and most of the walls in what will eventually be the loft apartment opposite the offices of Landline Creative Labs. Everything was going pretty smoothly until […]
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209 Pearl: tearing down walls and sawing through pigeons
Posted in 209 Pearl, Uncategorized Also tagged decapitation, Jesse Kranyak, Landline Creative Labs, pigeon 10 Comments
Why’s the internet turning on Jake Croman?
I’m fascinated by the evolution of frontier justice in the digital age. Whenever there’s a story of someone being turned on by the internet, I’m completely captivated. Regardless of whether or not it’s deserved, I just can’t turn away. It’s one thing to watch a story spread like Janet Jackson’s nipple across the internet, but […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Mark's Life, Other, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged accusations of racism, anti-Semitic, Artur Zawada, Bernie Sanders, Bob Dylan, class, class resentment, class warfare, economic development, entitled cunts, faggots, frat boys, gentrification, Hillary Clinton, Jake Croman, Jean Henry, minimum wage, New York, Tau Kappa Epsilon, threats to the middle class, Uber, University of Michigan, wealth inequality 192 Comments
The launch of Landline Creative Labs, and the development of 209 Pearl
As you may have heard today, Jesse Kranyak and I are attempting to purchase and renovate a building in downtown Ypsilanti. The 9,000 square foot building, which was constructed about 100 years ago by Michigan Bell Telephone, has been largely vacant since the summer of 2014, when a fire ended its most recent incarnation, which […]