As difficult and painful as it can be sometimes, I like living in a community where things like race and gentrification aren’t just swept under the rug, but actually discussed in public. The most recent example of this, if you haven’t seen it yet, is a front page story by Brianna Kelly in today’s Detroit […]
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The Detroit News explores gentrification in Ypsilanti
Posted in Economics, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Babo, Bee Roll, Beezy's, Brianna Kelly, Detroit News, Frank Fejeran, gentrification, gentrified chicken, Jim Cherewick, Landline Creative Labs, Ma Lou's, race 69 Comments
Making way for the further mallification of Ann Arbor, this month Eastern Accents, Herb David, and Mahek all cease operations
Cities are living things. They grow older, like all of us, and they change. They evolve, or they die. I get that. I’ve grudgingly come to accept that the best things in life are transient. That realization doesn’t make it any easier, however, to accept it when good things, that genuinely make me happy, go […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, History, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Uncategorized Also tagged Blue Wolf Grill, coining new words and phrases, Discount Records, Dunkin' Donuts, Eastern Accents, franchises, Harvest Kitchen, Helen Harding, Herb David, Iggy Pop, Jean Henry, Lisa Waud, Mahek, mallification, national chains, Pete Larson, Pita Pita, Potbelly Sandwich Shop, Qiznos, retail in Ann Arbor, Shaman Drum, Small & Mighty, Small and Mighty, Tuptim 49 Comments