Ypsi Out-A2s A2
There are a lot of arguments to be made for why Ypsi is cooler than A2, but we’ve never considered “artfully” parked bikes and the absence of porch couches to be among them.
There are a lot of arguments to be made for why Ypsi is cooler than A2, but we’ve never considered “artfully” parked bikes and the absence of porch couches to be among them.
I’d like to comment, but I have to go outside and figure out how to park my bike artfully.
posted by Jenny on May 22nd, 2006 at 12:15 pmSchism:
posted by leighton on May 22nd, 2006 at 4:36 pmDepot Town is not Ypsi.
Ask any NIMBY city councilperson.
I’ll agree with that.
Ypsi has one thing that Ann Arbor and U of M students do not have:
posted by Shelly on May 23rd, 2006 at 11:46 pma Phallic water tower across from the student union.
Doesn’t “artful” indicate a level of effort and self-consciousness that would shrivel anything really cool?
posted by anno on May 24th, 2006 at 10:38 am“It is an art which does not seem to be an art. One must avoid affectation and practice in all things a certain sprezzatura, disdain or carelessness, so as to conceal art, and make whatever is done or said appear to be without effort and almost without any thought about it … obvious effort is the antithesis of grace.” - the book of the courtier, Baldassare Castiglione 1528.
Ah, we’ve come so far…
posted by Heidi on May 24th, 2006 at 11:28 amDarn, that’s what I meant to say. Exactly. But better, much better. Thanks, Heidi.
posted by anno on May 24th, 2006 at 7:00 pmMy favorite quote from the recently resurrected Depot Town Rag was this:
posted by eileenie on May 28th, 2006 at 9:35 am“The University does not tear down all the cool buildings in town.”
One of the great beauties of Ypsilanti is the preserved buildings of our past. We treasure them and restore them when we can afford it.