Richard Florida, the man credited with popularizing the belief that the so-called “creative class” is the primary driver of urban redevelopment, was in Ann Arbor yesterday to address a regional economic forum hosted by Ann Arbor Spark. As I didn’t take very good notes, and don’t have the time this evening to provide anything even […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Uncategorized | Also tagged Ann Arbor SPARK, Brexit, cities, creative class, demographics, Donald Trump, economic development, economic inequality, economic segregation, Elmira, inclusive urbanism, Jane Jacobs, luddism, Martin Prosperity Institute, mass transit, Michael Shuman, populism, re-urbanization, Richard Florida, Rob Ford, service industry, shifting national demographics, tax the rich, the arts, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, the gay, The New Urban Crisis, The New Urban Crisis: How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality Deepening Segregation and Failing the Middle Class—and What We Can Do About It, The Rise of the Creative Class, things that are boring, threats to the middle class, urban planning, urban redevelopment, urban renewal, wealth inequality, why don't the rich see the big picture |
As of this morning, we still have one office available at Landline Creative Labs. Here, in case you know of a designer, illustrator, web architect, writer, photographer, or filmmaker that might be interested, is a photo of the office in question, as well as a few other shots of the space taken by our friend […]
Last night, prompted by the social media dustup over news that Ann Arbor’s Babo would be opening a location in Depot Town, I posted something here about the looming threat of gentrification in Ypsilanti. I’d encourage you, if you haven’t already, to read through the comments, as, for the most part, they’re pretty thoughtful. Here, […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged affordable housing, Babo, economic development, housing instability, housing market, Murph, property values, Proposition A, real estate, Richard Murphy, taxes, Ypsilanti housing |
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, Depot Town, economic development, Elbow Room, Emergency Manager, Frieghthouse, Green Room, little Ann Arbor, looming receivorship, Ma Lou's, Quizno's, Vault of Midnight |
By Mark | November 6, 2016
Later this afternoon, muralist Dave Loewenstein and filmmaker Nicholas Ward will be at Ypsilanti’s Cultivate Coffee and Tap House. The two artists, who hail from Lawrence, Kansas, will not only be sharing their new documentary film Called to Walls, which is about the power of collaborative, community-based public art, but they’ll also be answering questions […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged activism, Amanda May Moore, Amber Hansen, animation, Caleb Zweifler, Called to Walls, Chicago, collaborative art, Cultivate Coffee and Tap House, Dave Loewenstein, Detroit, development, Diego Rivera, documentary film, Film, Gaia, graffiti, Grand River, Grand River Creative Corridor, Highland Park, Jermaine Dickerson, Joplin, Kansas, Kayj Michelle, Lakota, Lawrence, Lynne Settles, Mid-America Mural Project, Missouri, murals, Nicholas Ward, Oklahoma, Oscar Howe, painting, Port Huron, public art, Sintex, Tonkawa, tornados, University of Kansas, Vincent Chin, Wall of Respect, Will Spotts |
