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Muggy morning in Ypsilanti.
November 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Muggy morning in Ypsilanti.
What’s going on with the air in Kalamazoo?
November 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
What’s going on with the air in Kalamazoo?
Another beautiful day in Ypsilanti.
November 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Another beautiful day in Ypsilanti.
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Linear height limits don’t just incentivize low ceilings, they also discourage lower-carbon construction like this. Squeezed between cutting 25% of a building’s floors or going to post-tensioned concrete, the choice is obvious even when max profit isn’t the goal.
Regulate by floor count, instead.
Regulate by floor count, instead.
Concrete is not T.I.N.A. (there is no alternative)
Stone-timber floor demonstration in London.
The alternatives to anthropocene construction are popping up everywhere now.
foto: Bamberger Natursteinwerke
www.instagram.com/p/DQpH6HGirD...
Stone-timber floor demonstration in London.
The alternatives to anthropocene construction are popping up everywhere now.
foto: Bamberger Natursteinwerke
www.instagram.com/p/DQpH6HGirD...
November 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This is wildly weak-sauce fear mongering against the Comprehensive Land Use Plan update. What are we supposed to think? "OMG a 2.5 story house between two three story houses. Oh the Humanity!"
#a2Council
#a2Council
November 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This is wildly weak-sauce fear mongering against the Comprehensive Land Use Plan update. What are we supposed to think? "OMG a 2.5 story house between two three story houses. Oh the Humanity!"
#a2Council
#a2Council
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#A2Council I get that a height limit in the low-rise 'hoods is inevitable, but proposed unit density limits are so counterproductive. Zoning needs to be flexible, probably through the "neighborhood context" concept, to allow small apartments citywide. Make neighborhoods affordable, win elections.
November 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
#A2Council I get that a height limit in the low-rise 'hoods is inevitable, but proposed unit density limits are so counterproductive. Zoning needs to be flexible, probably through the "neighborhood context" concept, to allow small apartments citywide. Make neighborhoods affordable, win elections.
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This is a small snow plow for sidewalks
If your city plows the roads but leaves sidewalks up to property owners, your city hates pedestrians.
If your city plows the roads but leaves sidewalks up to property owners, your city hates pedestrians.
November 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Cold and cloudy this morning in Ypsilanti.
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Cold and cloudy this morning in Ypsilanti.
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Yesterday we premiered A RIPPLE IN ANN ARBOR, a 50-minute documentary about Ann Arbor's DNA Dragnet of the 90s, when hundreds of Black Men were profiled and accused of serial rape. It's now available to stream online at aadl.org/arippleinann... . Read on for thanks and acknowledgements!
A Ripple in Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor District Library
aadl.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Yesterday we premiered A RIPPLE IN ANN ARBOR, a 50-minute documentary about Ann Arbor's DNA Dragnet of the 90s, when hundreds of Black Men were profiled and accused of serial rape. It's now available to stream online at aadl.org/arippleinann... . Read on for thanks and acknowledgements!
Ypsilanti Mentioned
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Ypsilanti Mentioned
I feel like as a society we lost something when we stopped writing songs about shipwrecks.
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I feel like as a society we lost something when we stopped writing songs about shipwrecks.
Really wishing it had been a few degrees colder today.
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Really wishing it had been a few degrees colder today.
Snowy morning in Ypsilanti.
November 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Snowy morning in Ypsilanti.
Ypsilanti mentioned.
November 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Ypsilanti mentioned.
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Donald Trump’s immigration policy has heartlessly closed the doors of American opportunity to millions. But if Mayor Taylor lets someone build a triplex near my $1.2M LoBuPa house, I’ll have no choice but to vote for Donald Trump for a fourth time. #a2council
November 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Donald Trump’s immigration policy has heartlessly closed the doors of American opportunity to millions. But if Mayor Taylor lets someone build a triplex near my $1.2M LoBuPa house, I’ll have no choice but to vote for Donald Trump for a fourth time. #a2council
Best Korean takeout in Ann Arbor?
November 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Best Korean takeout in Ann Arbor?
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Have you heard of “The Populist Playbook?”
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
November 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Seems like there’s a lot of cool stuff happening in Lansing these days.
Introducing Lansing's newest cryptid: Walmart Mothman
- coalesces from a swarm of moths
- could use a ride to Menards so they can hang out amongst the lamps
- did NOT steal your catalytic converter
- kinda a goth baddie, tbh
- coalesces from a swarm of moths
- could use a ride to Menards so they can hang out amongst the lamps
- did NOT steal your catalytic converter
- kinda a goth baddie, tbh
November 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Seems like there’s a lot of cool stuff happening in Lansing these days.
Help out if you can.
Update on our Food Distribution work with Avalon & Food Gatherers! I'm still raising funds for the creating.care effort - I'm a little over halfway to the ambitious $1,000 goal I set, and would love to see us hit it by the time these distributions go live give.foodgatherers.org/campaigns/41...
November 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Help out if you can.
100.3 has made its seasonal switch to Christmas music and I’m here for it. 🎄
November 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
100.3 has made its seasonal switch to Christmas music and I’m here for it. 🎄
A warm and rainy morning in Ypsilanti.
November 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
A warm and rainy morning in Ypsilanti.
Michigan (and probably the rest of the US) should ban odd year elections.
November 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Michigan (and probably the rest of the US) should ban odd year elections.
CTE is off to an early lead with precincts in Chelsea and Saline reporting.
November 5, 2025 at 1:29 AM
CTE is off to an early lead with precincts in Chelsea and Saline reporting.
(playing the NPR Election Night music) 16 minutes after the polls close and we are still at 0% reporting.
November 5, 2025 at 1:17 AM
(playing the NPR Election Night music) 16 minutes after the polls close and we are still at 0% reporting.