Tag Archives: Prospect park

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Josh Chamberlain

By Mark | September 29, 2012

Tonight’s interviewee is Josh Chamberlain. I first met Josh when he was about eleven years old. If I’m not mistaken, it was at his sister Amelia’s first birthday party, probably right around the time that the black and white photo of them to the right was taken. Josh turned out to be a pretty incredible [...]

Posted in Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Amelia marks, Ballard, binge drinking, Border to Border Trail, car antenna, Cincinnati, DAAP, Dos Hermanos, entrepreneurism, exit interviews, Footloose, graphic design, Greenhills, Greenhills School, James Marks, Josh Chamberlain, Kevin Bacon, kids today, Meghna, Ohio, Pearl Street, Ruth Marks, Rutherford Pool, students today aren't worth a damn, The Rocket, tridge, University of Cincinnati, University of Michigan, VGKids, Washtenaw Community College, Washtenaw Technical Middle College, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | 16 Comments

Ypsi Immigration Interview: Alexandra Sarkozy

By Mark | January 30, 2012

A former Ypsilanti resident, who, the last I heard, had gotten married and run off to become a farmer in Hawaii, sent me a short, cryptic message a few weeks back, suggesting that I look up a friend of his who just moved to Ypsilanti, and interview her as part of our Ypsi Immigration Interview [...]

Posted in Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Alexandra Sarkozy, Anthology Film Archives, architecture, Brooklyn, Chavella's, Depot Town, farmers market, Growing Hope, hacker space, independent bookstores, independent press, Indian restaurants, Issue Project Room, Kalamazoo, Kevin Dole, public transportation, retail in Ypsilanti, Sustainability, third spaces, thrift stores, tool library, Transition Ypsilanti, Unnameable Books, walkable downtown, Ypsi Food Co-op, Ypsi immigration interview, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews, Ypsilanti District Library, Ypsilanti Historical Society | 10 Comments

Is there a crime problem at Prospect Park that I’m not aware of?

By Mark | June 29, 2011

I wasn’t planning to post tonight, as I’m working feverishly on the MarkMaynard.com 3.0 relaunch, but I just noticed the following comment, left by a fellow calling himself SJH, and I thought that I should move it up here, to the front page. If you have thoughts on his comment, or, for that matter, thoughts [...]

Posted in Ypsilanti | Also tagged basketball, crime, parks, perceptions of violence, skating, Ypsi Skate Park | 51 Comments

Listening to the prostitutes of Ypsilanti

By Mark | April 2, 2009

So, I was cruising around the internet tonight, looking for some content to rip off, when I happened across a posting from February on the site of Ypsi’s Prospect Park Neighborhood Association about local prostitution – a subject that we’ve discussed here quite a bit in the past. This article was particularly interesting, however, in [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Citizens Police Academy, drug addiction, Michigan Avenue, no ho zone, prostitution | 42 Comments