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Is that urban planner yelling into the Internet again? Detroiter from St. Louis Posting about city services & urban planning from a justice perspective, the Rust Belt, community outreach, transportation, historic preservation, and cats.

Daytime color photo of Robarts Library in Toronto, a brutalist concrete building shaped like a turkey with a large fan of feathers behind it.
Photo of my hand with hot pink nails holding a round loaf of sourdough in a brown bag with an AJ’s Farm sticker on the window of the bag
Photo of a giant spray of water nearly the height of a streetlight pounding a pier
Nighttime photo of Luna Pier Lighthouse, a barn red boxy lighthouse with a short tower.
Nighttime video looking across the public pier of Luna Pier as Lake Erie pounds the pier with waves, producing many big white sprays of water much taller than a person
Photo of a sign shaped like a giant ice cream cone that says “we were at MJ’s north end.” The D is the Detroit olde english D. Behind the sign on the wall is a colorful mural of various ice cream delights.
Daytime color photo of a boxy blue vintage convertible with the top down, parked in front of a single story restaurant building with a sign that says “el barzón restaurante, fine in and carry out.” The shadow of a tree falls across the front of the building.
Photo of an art print laying on a cardboard box with fragile stickers on it. The print features a larger than life slender black cat standing atop a blue historic building with a fancy mansard roof. The cat has one ear tip missing, suggesting an outdoor cat who has been Trap Neuter Returned. Giant yellow flowers grow from the building’s roof. In the foreground are a few much shorter buildings, also historic, rendered in darker warm colors.
Screenshot of one of my own tweets from July 9, 2021. It is written in all caps and it says, “APPARENTLY MY AMAZING STATE REP ABE AIYASH MADE THE CITY VISIT MY LANDLORD, THAT’S WHY IT’S FINALLY IMPROVING.”
My nighttime photo of the Bob-Jo’s Frozen Custard vintage sign. A large sign says “frozen custard flavors, serving downriver since 1947.” It has an image of a chocolate ice cream cone. An arrow made of incandescent bulbs wraps around its edge and points to a second sign, which reads “The end is near.”
My daytime photo of the center of the Gordie Howe bridge span, as seen from below, Two huge V shaped cranes sit in the middle. One is flying a huge Canadian flag and one is flying a huge American flag. Scaffolding and floaties hang under the bridge deck.
My nighttime photo of the Gordie Howe bridge over an icy Detroit River. A couple huge plumes of smoke or steam rise of the bridge from factories, one of the plumes illuminated an orangey pink by the glow of the industrial flames of Zug Island. The concrete riverbank of the park starts in the foreground and recedes into the distance, wheee someone is standing and watching the river at night.
Foto de un pato de ganchillo en un columpio
Photo of a colorful sign stuck in the grass reading “We play the summer game. Play.aadl.org. RIP WOTO.” Immediately behind the sign is a concrete base for the sign that used to announce the location of the late Wolverine Tower.
Photo of the artist Charles McGee in a bucket hat standing in front of a colorful mural he painted featuring different translucent planes intersecting with each other at cube like angles and overlapping their colors. The mural makes prominent use of lilac and yellow, with jewel tones mixed in.
Photo of a black kitten laying on some library books and looking at the camera. He has tall ears. You can see his little claws. The books are bigger than him.
Video of a tiny black kitten in my lap being pet with one finger with pink sparkly nail polish
Photo of a tiny black kitten climbing a scratching post to swat at a colorful fishing pole toy
A backlit photo of the several tall structures of the jiffy factory
Photo of a red bullet nosed studebaker parked on the tree lawn between the sidewalk and the street. It has round lines and streamlined shapes. The headlights stick out and they are round.
Photo of my hand with hot pink glitter nails holding a cup of frozen custard with a huge amount of patriotic sprinkles on it. In the background is some kind of very rounded looking, unusual red vintage car.
Photo looking down the side of a yellow velvet armchair at a tiny black kitten who is seated and looking back up at the camera with tiny yellow eyes. They have the strands of a plaid toy wrapped loosely around themselves.
An old image from the news showing a map of the City of St. Louis labeled “overnight dumpster fires” with approximately two dozen individual locations labeled with the big bold words “DUMPSTER FIRE” on the map
Photo of a tiny black kitten looking worried, sitting on a wood floor next to a computer tower and a pumpkin shaped cat bed. There are a cat brush and a couple torn off pieces of sketchbook paper at the kitten’s feet
Photo of a tiny black kitten inside a TNR trap with a can of tuna
Tweet from the St. Louis Fire Department featuring an image of a crest that says “first alarm fire.” The text of the tweet reads, “400 block of Antelope - Occupied 1-1/2 story frame dwelling, heavy #fire showing on the first floor extending into the attic/ roof. Defensive #fire operations underway. #STLCity Engine Company 33 is first due. Battalion 6 is in Command. FIRST ALARM”
Screencap of block of text from article, reading: "For years, GWAR would do whatever the f-k we wanted. We would [fictitiously] kill politicians from both sides of the aisle. We would [fictitiously] kill famous people. We never had any backlash," he said, noting that this changed when Trump was elected president and "people started getting extremely upset about politics and music and politics in art."
Photo of my hand with long dark blue nails holding the program of Lysistrata in front of the colorfully painted historic Whaley House in Flint. A couple of actresses in flowing colorful robes are out of focus in the background. The program reads, “Buckham Alley Theatre (Flint Area Alternative Theater) presents: LYSISTRATA. Written By: Aristophanes. Adapted by: Amber M. Dillard. Lysistrata: Katherine Lengyel. Kalonike: Destiny Brent. Myrrhina: Mads Cardinal. Lampito: Casey DeMoss. Stratyllis: Seán ÓTuathal. Strymodorus: Bart Allen Burger. Magistrate: Jason M. Lesiewicz. Cinesias: Calvin Ito. Spartan Herald: Coop Rhoades. Chorus of Women: Bethany Folland, Rebecca Norris, Melanie Poisson, Natalie Popadich, Marie VanHorn. Chorus of Men: Richard W. Hingst, C.J. McCarthy, Jim Waner, Jim Yoder. Crew Director Amber M. Dillard. Producer/Stage Manager Crystal Dillard. Sound Board Op Crystal Dillard. Front of House Manger Amber M. Dillard. Costume Construction Melissa Leiewicz. Lysistrata Costume Katherine Lengyel. Prostetics Construction Katheleen Watchorn. Props Melanie Poisson. Set Construction Calvin Ito. THERE WILL BE NO INTERMISSION
Photo of a small white and orange cat laying on blankets. His facial expression looks like you just told him Santa isn’t real
Photo of my hand reaching into a serviceberry tree, surrounded by dark purple ripe berries and green leaves
Photo of Marcus’s hand and my hand holding cups of ice cream in front of a mural of an ice cream sundae with a smiley face on it
Flyer with the following text: Paw Protection. Bring your pets to the Microchip Scanning Station Event! Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Ferndale City Hall, 300E. 9 Mile Rd (in front of new scanner attached to West exterior side of building). Free microchipping for first 100 Ferndale pets. Demonstration of the new station. Fill a Police Car with pet supply donations. Purchase goodies from local vendors. Get to know your neighbors. Announcing a new pet microchip scanning station, attached to the outside of Ferndale City Hall, sponsored by Second Chances Animal Resources. Learn more by visiting aaha.org/petmicrochiplookup or scanning the QR code.
Photo of my hand, with a long banana yellow painted thumbnail visible, holding up a small round loaf of sourdough in a ziplock bag. “Plain sourdough” is sharpied onto the bag.
Google streetview of a mural on the side of a yellow painted brick corner storefront building. The image features an orange dog or fox riding a moped on a giant, rippling checkered flag with a gear in front of him
Short video of the front of a 1996 RV that has huge and slightly evil looking red cartoon eyes across the entire front of the RV. They are looking all around, including at the viewer.
Screenshot of a tweet by Jacob Cersosimo that reads, “The largest coffee pot in the world has made the journey from Visoko, Bosnia to St. Louis, MO. The pot serves 8,000 cups of coffee & will follow the Bosnian national team throughout their World Cup journey in North America.”
My hand, with a very long school bus yellow nail visible, holding up a packaged Provo, Utah, flag from the company Flags for Good
Screenshot from Google streetview of the sign for the Nite Owl Cafe in L’Anse, Michigan. It’s a vacuuform sign with blue 70s looking letters and an image of an owl with a yellow oval behind them.
Photo of a young white and orange cat standing on his hind legs and propping himself up on the front of the stove so he can reach towards your hand
Nighttime photo looking down an alley at a beautiful mural of Black hands carefully braiding someone’s hair. It was painted by Bakpak Durden and Kesswa in Detroit’s Eastern Market.
The old Provo, Utah, flag, which features the word Provo in a bold, black sans serif font with a drop shadow, with a single rainbow gradient line underneath it. It has a white background.
A meme of Marcus the Worm crouching in front of a rock along the edge of a bonfire and saying “I don’t like this rock. Robert, it’s pissing me off.” There are two additional Marcuses superimposed on the edges of the scene. The image is watermarked by RoflGator.
Photo of seven corn muffins of various sizes sitting on parchment paper on a baking sheet
Photo inside the cat cafe. Numerous cats of different colors and sizes walk, lounge, eat, and monitor each other in a big room. There are pieces of human and cat furniture around the edge of the room and tall flowers painted on the wall.
Photo of a white cat with a black cap pattern, a black chin, and a black dot, taken through a window
Photo of my hand holding a card that says in colorful and silver letters, “The best thing about knowing a person like you is everything”
Two orange and white kittens embracing. The one on the left is mostly white with tan orange on top of his head, and the one on the right is an orange tabby with white socks and a white bib. They are shaped the same because they are brothers. They are laying on a rug on top of a chair, with a vintage coat thrown over the back of the chair. Their paws are slightly gray with dust because I was fixing up a house from 1885 at the time, we all lived in it. They are small and perfect.
Photo of a big steel cat trap sitting on a sidewalk
Photo of Pope Leo smiling and waving
Photo of my hand gently holding a cluster of flowers on a common lilac bush. I have very long nails and they are painted the same shade as the lilac flowers. The bush’s green foliage makes up the background of the image.
Photo looking into a marsh with reeds in the foreground. You can see a lake with a slumpy boardwalk stretching across it, and in the background there’s a huge office building.
Photo of a boardwalk through a marsh closed off with a “bridge closed” sign across it
Photo of the partially demolished Wolverine Tower skyscraper. For some reason they left the furniture in the offices and in the middle of the whole thing is a wooden door hanging slightly open.
Black and white photo by photographer Jack Stubbs showing the Wolverine Tower skyscraper being built in the distance, as seen from inside the skeletal structure of a ruined historic barn. There are trees outside the barn. Inside the barn is mangled machinery, perhaps the dashboard of a jeep or something similar.
Photo showing the side of the Wolverine Tower skyscraper that has been demolished. You can see the partial rooms where the wall has been torn away. There’s a big piece of demolition equipment that says HOMRICH in the foreground.
Photo of a sink and soap dispenser in a restroom, reflected in the mirror so you see them twice. Sitting on a shelf to the side off the sink are a plastic cereal bowl and spoon.
Photo of a tan color cereal bowl with a clear plastic spoon in it, sitting on a shelf in a restroom
Photo of a yellow and purple bag of cat food with a slightly confused looking white and gray cat sitting upright and looking off to the side. The text on the bag has been photoshopped to say “compare to meow mix. Mallinckrodt Corporation. Senior indoor Bad Cat Cat Food. Formulated specially for bad cats”
My photo of a handmade black metal sign reading ARENA 13950 against a light orange brick wall with bright green grass in the foreground. There’s a bird nest behind the number 3 in the sign.
Photo of a dreamy pastel pink tile bathroom with 3 pink tiled archways and pink tiled floors and walls. A few blue decorative lines provide accents.