By Mark | September 30, 2017
Yesterday, a full 10 days after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico as a Category 4 storm, the Mayor of San Juan, unsatisfied by the response of the United States government to the crisis being faced by her constituents, made the decision to go on the offensive. Calling out the “inefficiency” and “bureaucracy” that was preventing […]
Posted in Environment, Uncategorized | Also tagged Bedminste, Caribbean, Carmen Yulin Cruz, Elaine Duke, extreme weather, global climate change, Global Warming, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Maria, islands, national anthem, NFL, protest, Puerto Rico, racism, Republican lies, rump National Golf Club, Russel L. Honoré, San Juan, tax reform, tax the rich, water |
By Mark | August 29, 2017
I think I’m suffering from outrage overload. I just don’t want to write about anything anymore. There’s too much that needs to be said, and I have too little time, energy and talent to do it justice. I find myself just sitting here, staring at my screen, paralyzed by the thought that, as soon as […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Politics, Rants, Uncategorized | Also tagged baseball caps, dams, Donal Trump, end times, fishing for praise, floods, global climate change, Global Warming, high heels, Houston, Hurricane Harvey, infrastructure, John Cornyn, MAGA, Melania Trump, natural disasters, On Tyranny, Robert Mueller, self-serving, Texas, zoning |
By Mark | August 28, 2016
On August 18, just a few weeks before classes were set to begin at Ann Arbor’s Allen Elementary, a water main broke beneath the school resulting in serious damages that parents were told would take several months to repair. Ann Arbor Public Schools (AAPS) Superintendent Jeanice Swift assured Allen families at the time that, in […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Education, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged AAPS, Allen Elementary, Ann Arbor Board of Education, bussing, charter schools, dismantling of public education, economic segregation, education reform, Jeanice Swift, Maria Sheler-Edwards, mergers, Proposition A, public education, schools of choice, segregation, Washtenaw County, Washtenaw Intermediate School District, West Middle School, WISD, YCS, Ypsilanti Board of Education |
By Mark | September 26, 2012
As I think most of you know, a team of University of Michigan architects and their graduate students were approached some time ago and asked to envision what a new Water Street recreation center might look. Having completed their design concepts, they will be presenting their work to the citizens of Ypsilanti at SPARK East […]
Posted in Architecture, Sustainability, Ypsilanti | Also tagged architecture, Border to Border Trail, brown field, Cathy Duchon, city planning, community building, community facilities, Craig Borum, Eastside Recreation Center, economic development, emerald necklace, Huron River, Huron River greenway, Jen Maigret, MAde studio, Maria Arquero, Michigan Avenue, Olmstead Brothers, our fragile downtown business ecosystem, PLY Architecture, public space, recreation center, Riverside Park, Robert Marans, sustainable urbanism, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, trees, University of Michigan, urban form, urban planning, walkable downtown, Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation, Washtenaw County Parks Commission, water management, Water Street, Waterworks Park, YMCA |
I spent the morning with the Dreamland Tonight crew, filming a fight scene between professional wrestler Bash Boulder and Puppet Mark in Ypsilanti’s now-flooded Riverside Park. I don’t want to give too much away, but I think the finished product, which involves bloody entrails, is going to be pretty incredible. The idea, as of right […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Andy Mitchell, Bash Boulder, bloody entrails, Carrie Morris, debates, Dreamland Tonight, fighting, professional wrestling, puppet Mark, Riverside Park |
