April 21, 2010
More on James Scott, “Detroit’s Boss Romancer.”
In which he tells a corpse joke that made me laugh out loud in the library, and admits a penchant for bagpipes and white bowties.
April 21, 2010
In which he tells a corpse joke that made me laugh out loud in the library, and admits a penchant for bagpipes and white bowties.
April 13, 2010
Was this “vindictive, scurrilous misanthrope” really so bad? The New York Times didn’t think so.
May 20, 2011
A documentary about the Brewster-Douglass projects, ongoing headaches at the Jim Scott Fountain, the continued relevance of local media, kids in costumes. And kittens.
August 22, 2016
This post is part of my ongoing, slow-going effort to visit every cemetery in Detroit. To give you a sense of how slow-going this effort is, I took these photos of Grand Lawn two summers ago. Time marches on. So does this project.
November 4, 2011
Lost Landscapes of Detroit is this weekend at MOCAD, and its curator, Rick Prelinger, has some smart words about the relevance of Detroit history.
September 23, 2011
A few details about that book I’ve been hinting about for months now. Which is available for pre-order.
March 9, 2011
On the Belle Isle Casino, where the author will be wed.
February 14, 2011
Something to think about when we think about the Robocop statue.
May 23, 2010
Unequaled Detroit historian Silas Farmer has some advice for you.