Monday, November 20, 2023

Inescapable Landscapes

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  1515 Illinois Avenue, Flint, Michigan. "We can’t help ourselves. We are shaped by the landscapes we are born to as inescapably as any...
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Flint Expat Classics: Ode to the Ghetto Palm (Ailanthus Altissima)

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Originally published on Friday, June 19, 2009 I mentioned the ghetto palm in my story on house hunting in Flint , and it seems some readers ...
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Friday, September 8, 2023

Goodstock 2023 in Flint

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Slow Sipper by Mort Maizlish

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I was active in the NAACP Youth Council in Flint 1959-61. Flint neighborhoods were still viciously segregated, with the main stem, Saginaw S...
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Friday, July 14, 2023

Don't Miss Porch Fest in Flint's Carriage Town Neighborhood

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Thursday, June 29, 2023

Charles W. Nash House For Sale

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The Charles W. Nash house in Flint. Ron Fonger of Mlive reports :  The former Flint home of Charles Nash, co-founder of Buick Motor Co. and ...
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Wednesday, June 28, 2023

That's My Moon over Court Street: Dispatches from a life in Flint by Jan Worth-Nelson.

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The essence of Flint is too often defined by outsiders. Journalists, politicians, and policymakers love to swoop in, make dire pronouncement...
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Keep It Simple: Ford Camper Special Pickup in Anacortes, Washington

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Saturday, January 28, 2023

Dining in Flint by Mort Maizlish

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The quirky world of the Coney Island was unique to Flint.  Perhaps a dozen purveyors were clustered in the downtown “hot dog district” aroun...
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Monday, December 12, 2022

briX Magazine and a Brick of Art

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  A few weeks ago I peddled the old Schwinn over to Joe Cunningham 's quilting studio on Market Street in San Francisco to catch up with...
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