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The future of Cross Street

By Mark | January 27, 2011

AnnArbor.com has a story today about O’Neal Construction buying up the block of Cross Street that used to house Ted’s Campus Drugs and our local art supply store, Art Attack. Judging from the comments following the article, I’d say that people are happy to see the project in the hands of O’Neal, which was the […]

Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 7-Eleven, Andrew O’Neal, Art Attack, business ideas, buy local, Cafe Ollie, Cross Street Station, Eastern Michigan University, economic development, food service in Ypsilanti, franchises, Kerrytown, local economy, microfiche cafe, O'Neal Construction, Patrick Elkins, press pass, Quizno's, retail in Ypsilanti, Starbucks, Ted Tangalakis, Ted's Campus Drugs, the future of Ypsilanti, typewriters, Ugly Mug | 26 Comments

Ypsi landmark figures prominently in Conan O’Brien gay joke

By Mark | January 13, 2011

Posted in Media, Other, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Bill Nickles, Conan O'Brien, corporate money, Five Cent Willy, gay history museum, get the money out of Washington, Jimmy Fallon, John Boehner, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, monologues, Most Phallic Building contest, oral history, phallic structures, phallic things, the gay, water towers | 9 Comments

Ypsi’s water tower, and its missing whatsit

By Mark | September 26, 2010

My friend Eric sent me a huge photo of Ypsilanti’s infamous water tower yesterday. The image, which is beautiful, was taken in 1900, when women carried parasols, and Cross Street was still a dirt road scarred by wagon tracks. It’s an amazing photo. The structure was just ten years old at the time, having been […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Ypsilanti | Also tagged circumcision, Ed Heil, Eric Lagergren, gazebo, illegal photography, Kentwood, Most Phallic Building contest, phallic structures, water, water towers | 19 Comments

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