A week or so ago, unable to find any images online of the merchandise that was sold at Pear’s Clothing Store on Michigan Avenue, which, after being open for about 30 years, closed in the early ’90s, I started thinking about how we, as a community, might do a better job of documenting everyday life […]
Tag Archives: Peninsular Dam
#DocumentYpsi2017 this weekend
Posted in Art and Culture, History, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged art exhibition, DocumentYpsi2017, First Fridays, First Fridays Ypsilanti, Mark Tucker, Ozone House, Pears Clothing, photography, Smith Furniture, Smith furniture building, time capsule, Ypsi High, Ypsilanti Experimental Space 4 Comments
So, Ypsilanti, should we repair or remove the Peninsular Dam?
As you may have heard, over the next several months, members of our City Council will be debating whether we should remove Ypsilanti’s aging Peninsular Dam, or invest approximately $640,000 in its renovation… Following, in hopes that it might help some of you to better understand the various issues at play in the “remove vs. […]
Posted in Environment, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged asian carp, canoeing, dams, Dexter, fish, fishing, Huron River, Huron River Watershed Council, hydroelectric, International Village, Laura Rubin, Peninsular Paper, portage, power generation, restoration, Water Street, watersheds, Ypsilanti City Council 32 Comments