Back in 2017, I got the idea that we should designate a weekend to collectively documenting our lives in Ypsilanti. I called the initiative #DocumentYpsi, and the results were pretty awesome. In fact, I was 100% committed, given the response, to make sure that it became an annual thing. But, like so many other things, […]
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Earlier this evening, at about 5:30, I heard two gunshots coming from the direction of Frog Island Park, and, as people do these days, I got on Facebook to ask what in the hell was happening, and whether or not my family was in any immediate danger. Within minutes, I received the above photo from […]
By Mark | December 6, 2017
Last Friday, at about 1:30 PM, a train on Amtrak’s Wolverine line stopped on its way from Chicago to Detroit to pick up passengers in Ypsilanti. While it’s true that, back in late May of 2010, the President of Amtrak disembarked from a train in Depot Town and met with elected officials to discuss the […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Rail, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged AAATA, Adam Zemke, Amtrak, Andy LaBarre, Ann Arbor - Detroit rail, Ann Arbor Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, Beth Bashert, Beth Ernat, Brenda Stumbo, bus rapid transit, commuter rail, Dearborn, Derrick James, Detroit Metro Airport, Eastern Michigan University, Golden Limousine, high-speed rail, Jennifer Granholm, Jewell Jones, Lois Richardson, Mary Kerr, mass transit, passenger rail, Pete Murdock, politicians, QLINE, Rail, railroad, Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan, Ricky Jefferson, Ronnie Peterson, RTA, Sean Duval, SEMCOG, Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, Teen Vogue, train platform, trains, Washtenaw Community College, Yousef Rabhi, Ypsilanti Township |
By Mark | August 26, 2017
I’ve made it a rule these past several years, for various reasons, not to weigh in on Ypsilanti’s annual Heritage Fest. When the following was forwarded to me, though, I felt compelled to share it. It’s one thing to close down streets when activities are planned, as they have been in years past, but I […]
In a text I received today, someone I know referred to Depot Town as “little Ann Arbor.” My sense, given the ensuing exchange, is that he didn’t intend it to be a compliment. He asked me if, since I took a stand way back when about the Quizno’s that had opened in Depot Town, I’d […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 209 Pearl, accountability, Babo, Bee Roll, Beezy's, Curtis Sullivan, economic development, Elbow Room, Emergency Manager, Frieghthouse, gentrification, Green Room, little Ann Arbor, looming receivorship, Ma Lou's, Quizno's, Vault of Midnight |
