Tag Archives: Huron River

Ypsilanti on Labor Day

By Mark | September 2, 2013

I’d wanted to write an epic post about the meaning of Labor Day, but then I read Paul Krugman’s piece in today’s New York Times, realized that he’d done a better job of it than I could ever hope to, and decided to spend my time instead wondering around Ypsilanti with my camera. What follows […]

Posted in History, Photographs, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 1894, A Day in the Life of Ypsilanti, Arlo, cicadas, Eric Cantor, ferret, frat boys, Grover Cleveland, Labor Day, missing pets, Paul Krugman, Pullman strike, working class, yarn bombing | 9 Comments

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Johnny Lupinacci

By Mark | August 25, 2013

A few weeks ago, shortly after earning earning his PhD from Eastern Michigan University, local Ypsilanti activist John Lupinacci packed up all his belongings and headed west to begin his new life as a academic. Fortunately, though, I was able to track him down and force him to submit to an exit interview… Here are […]

Posted in Detroit, Special Projects, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged activism, adjunct faculty, Alfredo Martini, anarchy, anti-consumerism, beer, Beezy's, black bloc, blue-collar scholar, Bona Sera, Bona Sera Cafe, Boots Riley, Brite Idea Tattoo, Cafe Ollie, Capitalism, coffee, Coffee Bean, community, community schools, Cross Street, curriculum, Derrick Jensen, Dreamland Theater, Eastern Michigan University, education reform, EMU, exit interviews, grimy, Growing Hope, Hamtramck, Ian MacKaye, Idaho, Jeffree St. John, Johnny Lupinacci, living systems, Moscow, Moscow Food Co-op, mutual aid, North Huron, Occupy Ypsilanti, One Word Cafe, organizing, paranoia, Paul Horvath, Plymouth, political organizing, Pub 13, Pullman, rebellion, Riverside Arts Center, Riverside Park, Sean Fitzgerald, Smarty Catz, Social Foundations of Education, social justice, Target, teaching, Thomas Blondi Salon, Ugly Mug, urban chickens, urban farming, Washington State, Washington State University, Washington Street, wine, Woodruff's, working class, yoga, Ypsi Food Co-op, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews, Zapatismo | 11 Comments

The Home Shopping Network descends on a defenseless Ypsilanti

By Mark | August 24, 2013

Long gone are the days when A-list Hollywood celebrities like Robert DeNiro, Drew Barrymore and Milla Jovovich would flock to Ypsilnati and cause a stir. Today, things are different. Now that our overly-aggressive film industry incentives have dried up, and the steady flow of celebrities has slowed to a trickle, it takes a hell of […]

Posted in Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged David Kabat, Detroit Institute of the Arts, DIA, Drew Barrymore, Dwight Burdette, food television, Haab's, home shopping, Kevyn Orr, QVC, Rick Snyder, Riverside Park, Robert DeNiro, television, television production | 11 Comments

Ypsilanti Immigration Interview: Scott Straley

By Mark | July 14, 2013

Feeling as though I needed to post an awesome Ypsi Immigration Interview to counterbalance last week’s depressing Exit Interview with my friend Melissa, I started going through my email archive, looking for letters from people who had written to me over the past year, telling me that they were thinking of moving to Ypsilanti, hoping […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged adoption, California, Christine Schultz, Color Run, dollar store, EMU, Family Dollar, Fashion Institute of Technology, foster children, gay adoption, gay bars, gay marriage, gay rights, Growing Hope, internet business, Melissa Dettloff, Morristown, New Jersey, Parkridge Community Center, perception of crime, Proposition 8, Rutherford Pool, San Bernardino, Scott Straley, seed bombing, squirrels, Water Street, Water Street Commons, Water Street Redevelopment Project, web development, Ypsi immigration interview, Ypsilanti City Council, Ypsilanti real estate | 15 Comments

After three long years, the Ypsilanti community comes together to break ground on the new Rutherford Pool

By Mark | June 27, 2013

As I’ve mentioned in the past, members of our community, over the past several years, have been working diligently to raise enough money to rebuild our City’s public pool, which was decommissioned in 2011, after 40 years of service. Well, yesterday, having successfully raised over $1 million, we officially broke ground. Congratulations to everyone who […]