Articles tagged: history
Column: This Week's Web Picks: rock ephemera forever; the last time I saw Paderewski; history at best
Posted: Oct 13, 2012This is the next in a series of posts about interesting and useful websites. One of Jimi Hendrix's Asian-style silk shirts, worn in 1967 Hard Rock Cafe Memorabilia All rules breed exceptions. Though I normally ... Read more »
COLUMN: This Week's Web Picks: an animated calling; all kinds of weather; a name and a place; script writing
Posted: Aug 25, 2012This is the next in a series of posts about interesting and useful websites.Small Time Inc. Stephen Irwin is a highly talented maker of quirky animated films. His Moxie won the Audience Award at this ... Read more »
Column: This Week's Web Picks: the central facts; 197,000 crimes; the new abnormal; dead letters
Posted: Aug 18, 2012This is one of a series of posts highlighting useful or interesting websites. The World Factbook Put aside for the moment the fact that Syria is ruled by a mass-murdering tyrant. All you really want ... Read more »
Column: This Week's Web Picks: spoken like a mind; art fare; life's sideshows; what the Dickens
Posted: Jul 28, 2012This is the next in a series of posts highlighting useful and interesting websites. TED In only a few years, the TED organization has become the international leader in thinking by video. TED talks are ... Read more »
Column: This Week's Web Picks: Found art; the solitary life; the rest is music; 9/11: televising and believing
Posted: Jul 21, 2012This is the next in a series of posts highlighting useful and interesting websites. Found Magazine Remember "found art?" The Dadaists and Surrealists found objects like Duchamp's toilet and "declared" them works of art. Well, ... Read more »
Column: This Week's Web Picks: War! What it is good for; watch the birdie; making movies cinematic; when science is embarrassing
Posted: Jun 30, 2012This is the next in a series of posts highlighting useful and interesting websites. The American Civil War Homepage Take a look at these musical Civil War celebrations, courtesy of the 2nd South Carolina String ... Read more »
Column: This Week's Web Picks: A list of lists; online exhibitions; vacation rooms of one's own; advancing the avant-garde
Posted: Jun 23, 2012Listverse What are the top 10 reasons we should revive the Dark Ages? It's a question I've rarely asked myself - until now. But maybe the 15 fascinating facts about salt are more compelling? Or ... Read more »
Column: This Week's Web Picks: arachnophilia; the all-seeing camera; voices of autism; PBS
Posted: May 26, 2012Editor’s note: This is the next installment of a weekly column by Paul Wiener designed to point readers to cool or useful websites. Spider Web Construction Gallery Not everyone is afraid of spiders. Then again, ... Read more »
COLUMN: Fire destroyed landmark Ypsilanti church 75 years ago this week
Posted: Feb 16, 2012Only the walls of Ypsilanti’s First Baptist Church were left standing after a 1937 fire destroyed the landmark at the corner of West Cross and North Washington streets. The tall spire of Ypsilanti’s First Baptist ... Read more »
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An unusual piece of Saline history returns home
Posted: Jun 26, 2011A unique piece of Saline’s history has returned home. Saddlebags that belonged to Orange Risdon, Saline’s founder, are now in the hands of the Saline Area Historical Society and housed as part of an exhibit ... Read more »
Links: New version of Wayback Machine from the Internet Archive
Posted: Jan 25, 2011The Internet Archive, a San Francisco based non-profit, has released a beta version of its Wayback Machine. The Wayback Machine provides a way to browse through old web sites that have been collected through the ... Read more »
Looking back - how a father thwarted his daughter's elopement
Posted: Jan 22, 2011As Mr. A. T. Stewart explained later, it was just happenstance that he was in Ypsilanti early on the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 8, 1911, and prevented his daughter from eloping. He later explained to ... Read more »
Kids crafts: What are you thankful for? Legos? Uh-oh!
Posted: Nov 24, 2010It often is hard for children to understand what Thanksgiving is really all about. We watch the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving special and learn about the history of Thanksgiving at school. However that still doesn’t always ... Read more »
Fate of Ann Arbor's 322 East Kingsley Street to be decided by Historic District Commission
Posted: Sep 09, 2010Ann Arbor’s Old Fourth Ward Historic District was home to the city’s early bankers, lawyers, judges, doctors, merchants, and city officials — including seven mayors, according to the city's Historic District Commission. Read more »
Images from (all) the Archives: Ypsilanti's Water Tower is a true landmark
Posted: May 02, 2010Perhaps the most recognizable architectural symbol in Ypsilanti is the Water Tower. Designed by William T. Coats, the tower was built in 1889, in the Queen Anne style. Though traditionally Queen Anne style architecture lends ... Read more »
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