On This Day in History: John and Nat Enjoy an Oakland County Moms Saturday
Two city planners stuff their faces with donuts, think about the future of the region, and enjoy some fall color.
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Author: Nat M. Zorach
Detroit: Vote No On Proposition N
Detroit’s Proposition N, on the ballot next week, is a terrible idea for a few reasons, and Handbuilt recommends you vote no.
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Gretchen Whitmer: When We Say “Mobility,” We Really Mean “Cars”
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s Council on Future Mobility is not about mobility, it’s about cars. That’s got to change if we’re serious about decarbonizing transportation– or building an equitable future of any kind.
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Glazed Over: Donald Trump’s Tiny Windows Conspiracy
US President Donald Trump’s claims that Democrats want to make the windows smaller in everyone’s houses were, while baseless, not the craziest thing he’s ever said. Glazing, energy, and you!
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Old House Love: Ditch The Chemical Floor Finishes
Nat explores wood finishes using a domestically-made, zero-VOC linseed oil-based varnish for some 1895 hardwood floors.
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Somali Hospitality at Afro Deli in St. Paul
Healing a fractured economy and a fractured culture with community conversation– and game-changing sambusas.
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Postcards from Dubuque: Then and Now
A parable of delicious mini-donuts and– stories about those who came before the mini-donuts.
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Dubuque’s Eagle Point Park: Alfred Caldwell’s Unsung Masterpiece
Nat tours Eagle Point Park with Dubuque city planner Chris Olson and Heritage Works’ Duane Hagerty.
Read MoreThe Record Store Slash Venue: A Quaint, Necessary Reminder of Pre-COVID Times
In St. Paul, after imaging Afro Deli, I stopped into Eclipse Records, a mainstay of the Twin Cities retail music
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Detroit Fairgrounds Site: Alternatives to Permanent, Monumentally Bad Decisions
The State Fairgrounds site is centrally located, and it’s huge. Too huge to make some monumentally bad decisions about permanently turning it into a Shelby Township-style strip mall.
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