By Mark | October 5, 2017
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 […]
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, Peninsular Dam, photography, Smith furniture building, time capsule, Ypsi High, Ypsilanti Experimental Space |
By Mark | September 29, 2014
Local real estate developer Stewart Beal recently posted the following to Facebook and I’m curious to know your thoughts on it… As I’m seriously light-headed from coughing, and about half way into a bottle of Tylenol, I’ll abstain.
By Mark | September 11, 2013
As it was billed as a “no minimum bid” auction, I would have expected Ypsilanti’s long-neglected Smith Furniture building to be sold to the highest bidder this afternoon, regardless of how low that bid might have been. Apparently, though, that wasn’t the case. The highest bid, placed by Ann Arbor developer Phil Conlin, was rejected […]
By Mark | August 11, 2013
It looks as though Ypsi’s long neglected Smith Furniture Building (15 South Washington Street), after years of sitting idle in the hands of a local property speculator, may finally be coming back in play. After years of urging by the City, James Pate, the owner of the 25,000 square foot building, which was originally constructed […]
Posted in History, Local Business, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Ann Arbor SPARK, auction, Dennis Dahlman, Eric Maurer, food incubator, James Pate, Karen Maurer, Maurer Management, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Public Market, property speculation, Public Market, Smith furniture building, SPARK East, Ypsilanti real estate |
The following was sent out this evening by Ypsilanti Mayor Paul Schreiber. I thought that I’d pass it along for those of you who don’t happen to be on his mailing list. (A PDF version, which includes relevant links and accompanying graphs, can be found here.) For the most part, I think Mayor Schreiber does […]
Posted in Ypsilanti | Also tagged AATA, Administrative Hearings Bureau, city income tax, Climate Action Plan, Corner brewery, Cross Street, Dreamland Theater, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, Facade Improvement Program, Family Dollar, Ford, Growing Hope, gun control, guns, Hamilton Crossing, historic district, historic preservation, Hope Clinic, Jon Ichesco, Krampus Ball, LED street lights, manufacturing, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Michigan House Bill 5225, Mittenfest, Non-Motorized Transportation Plan, Parkview Apartments, Paul Schreiber, porn, public safety, public transportation, Ralph Lange, Recreation Department, Reimagine Washtenaw, Rutherford Pool, Shadow Art Fair, Shape Ypsilanti, State of the City, street lights, Sweetwaters, tax incentives, Ted's Campus Drugs, VIsteon, Water Street, Water Street Redevelopment Project, Welch Hall, Ypsilanti City Council, Ypsilanti City Master Plan, Ypsilanti Fire Department, Ypsilanti police department, zoning |
