Los Angeles Trip: In the Popular Imagination
It’s always interesting to trace the origins of our first imagined memories of unfamiliar places. Stereotypes abound– often unfortunate and
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Culture & Language
Travels and Travails in the Downriver Smog
US Steel’s closure of its two Downriver plants raise the question of the future of the polluted areas around the x217 and x219 ZIP codes.
Read MoreYouLam No. 2 – February 2020
Happy February. It is Black History Month! It’s also Leap Year, which means we have the opportunity to enjoy 3.6%
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What About Rochester: Toward More Geographical Diversity in a New Year
Interesting things are happening beyond the confines of Detroit’s parking lots. Here’s to looking at them in 2020.
Read More2019 in review: books
Wrapping up this year, I figured I’d make a list of all of the books I read in both fiction
Read MoreBurgerbanism: The Twelve Dishes Of Detroit Christmas
At the risk of seeming like all I do is think about parking lots and protected bike lanes (which, admittedly,
Read MoreBridging The Transit Gulf: APTA Conference in Tampa
I just wrapped up a few days in Tampa for APTA’s Transit Initiatives workshop. The mini-conference, produced by the DC-based
Read MoreNoel Night 2019
It was my fourth Noel Night, an annual happening in Midtown Detroit. In spite of a heavy police presence– probably
Read MoreCanada Trip V – Struggles of Canadian Ascendancy
It’s easy to go from the decaying infrastructure of a city like Detroit to a cleaner, more prosperous city like
Read MoreLiability in the Age of Easy, Profitable Destruction
Early on the morning of July 16th, 1945, in the middle of an uninhabited desert halfway between the remote cities
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