I’ve always admired the house on Cross Street. I call it the “purple home on Cross Street and Prospect,” but I suspect it has a more meaningful historic name for the person/family who built the house. The house in Ypsilanti, Michigan’s historic East Side district stands out with its white picket fence, sharp angles, and… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Historic Queen Anne House in Ypsilanti
Unless you park behind it, you might miss the blue and white mural on the south wall of Ypsilanti City Hall.
The City Hall Mural by Jermaine Dickerson is a whoosh of color as you drive by on one-way Huron Street into downtown Ypsilanti, Michigan.
But if you’re walking on the sidewalk, take a moment to find the iconic reminders of Ypsilanti past and present.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Ypsilanti City Hall Mural
When I wrote about the scary tree in Ypsilanti in 2017, I thought it was a Halloween decoration.
Someone is having fun dressing the old tree next to the cemetery for Halloween with big, green googly eyes and a black mouth with gnashing teeth.
Except this year when I passed by the cemetery, I noticed the tree looked different each week. Continue reading Photo of the Week: All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go