Tag Archives: Olmsted

The Olmsted Brothers’ 1913 plan for Ypsi’s stretch of the Huron River

By Mark | April 13, 2016

Way back in 2007, after learning that my friend Nat Edmunds was in possession of an original copy of the 1913 Huron River Improvement Plan drafted by influential landscape architects John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., I made a promise on this site that I’d figure out a way to get it scanned […]

Posted in Architecture, History, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Bonnie Wessler, Elizabeth Riggs, Frederick Law Olmsted, Huron River, Huron River Watershed Council, Janice Anschuetz, landscape architecture, Laura Rubin, Luna Lake, maps, Natalie Edmunds, Olmsted Brothers, Quirk Park, Riverside Park, tridge, Ypsilanti Gleanings, Ypsilanti Historical Society, Ypsilanti Toboggan Slide Company | 13 Comments

Broken ribs and bikini machines

By Mark | January 12, 2010

Someone from my doctor’s office called earlier with the results of the x-rays I’d taken yesterday. Apparently they showed that I had two fractured ribs. Here, for those of you who are interested in leaving flowers, candles and the like at the site where the incident took place, is a map showing where I smashed […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Ypsilanti | Also tagged animation, another famous person has died, Art Clokey, bikini machines, broken ribs, Ciccio Ingrassia, claymation, Conan O'Brien, Davey, days home from work, Dr. Goldfoot, Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine, Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs, Fabian, Franco e Ciccio, Franco Franchi, Frankie Avalon, Goldfinger, Goliath, Gumby, injuries that Mark has suffered, James Bond, Jay Leno, Jeffery Fieger, Pokey, reality television scandals, Sicily, Spie vengono dal semifreddo, The Bachelor, the Supremes, The Tonight Show, things to do while on painkillers | 37 Comments

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