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Ann Arbor’s new “art” bike racks aren’t (a cure for cancer)

July 29th, 2009 · 9 Comments

Something has awoken me from my blogging slumber.  Something that fills me with such passion that I have to post.  It’s not war.  It’s not unemployment.  It’s not even cancer.  It’s this:

I thought these things were temporary and would go away after the Ann Arbor Art Fairs.  A week later, I see they’re still here.  […]

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Tags: signage · street art · neighborhood

Darius for President

August 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

On the wall at my polling place today:

Sorry for the blurriness of my phone’s camera with the low light.  If you can’t read it, I’ll tell you it’s one of a few mock advertisements that some kids were allowed to put on the wall behind the voting kiosks at the Ann Arbor Community Center.  The […]

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Tags: signage · neighborhood

Seajoy’s sign

July 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment

A few months ago, we noticed a new restaurant going in where a short-lived Indian restaurant was on North Main.  I can’t remember what it was before then, but it’s one of those locations where nothing seems to stick.
The first thing we noticed was the name on the signage out front: “Seajoy’s”.  We thought maybe […]

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old Vernors ad

November 1st, 2007 · 1 Comment

We like to walk around town and take pictures of surfaces that are weathered or aged or decaying or distressed or whatever you want to call it.  And we want to archive some of those pictures here on our blog.  So I thought it would be appropriate for the first post to feature one of […]

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Tags: signage · patina