A man and a woman were arrested last night while tagging the vacant Smith Furniture building on Washington Street. Many in the business community are obviously pleased about this. The feeling, however, isn’t unanimous. The following note, sent to the Director of the Ypsilanti Downtown Development Authority today, comes from James Marks, the owner of […]
Tag Archives: vandalism
Where does Street Art stop and Vandalism begin?
Posted in Art and Culture, Observations, Rants, Ypsilanti Also tagged Eltoo, James Marks, slippery slope, Smith furniture building, spray paint, stencils, street art, VG Kids 70 Comments
Dreamland needs your help
Our friends at the Dreamland Theater need some help… It seems someone came along in the middle of the night not too long ago and smashed their two front doors. Together, the doors cost almost $1,000 to replace. Fortunately, their insurance covered quite a bit of it, but there’s still a big chunk left to […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Ypsilanti Also tagged Adapt Collective, Ambit, benefit, Carlos Pulido, Clean Energy Coalition, Dreamland Theater, energy audit, heating bills, insulation, JDSY, Jim Cherowick, Kevin Morris, Last Rave, Naia Venturi, puppets, Rebuild Ypsilanti 8 Comments
HORmobiles, shoe bombs and cell phones
This morning, I looked out the window and saw a little, blue hatchback wedged perfectly into the mouth of our crumbling cement driveway. The parking job wasn’t the work of an ordinary drunk either. And, this wasn’t an, “Aw, fuck it, they can still get around me” job, where you have to go a foot […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Other Also tagged "I will spend the rest of my life fucking with your shit. I will fuck your shit up.", "Who did you fuck last night HOR", 9/11, airport security, al Queda, car door, cell phone, cell phones, Crouching Tiger, Del Rio, Dukes of Hazard, ex-boyfriend, getting parked in, Hidden Dragon, high-tech ass, HOR, HORmobile, humorous misspellings, keyed, luddite, MIT Technology Review, OCD, police, Richard Reid, shoe bomber, slow-witted in-bred Amish bouncer, The Entertainer, using my fence against me, whore 1 Comment