July 2010
9 posts
The Big Inch Block Party Rocked. Thank You!!!
So, the first Big Inch Block Party was amazing. Thank you so much to the Synagogue for inviting and hosting us, Cafe d’Mongo’s for partnering, McClure’s Pickles and Betaworks for sponsoring, Valentine Vodka and Motor City Brewing Works for the booze, and iDetroit for helping spread the word. And there are sooo many people who helped out in planning and throughout the night. Read...
Inchvestor Update: Big Inch Block Party, Crime...
Dear Inchvestors,
Greetings from Detroit, land of inchchantment! Things are exciting here as usual…as usual as usual can be in the mixed-reality Motor City micro real estate business.
This Saturday, July 17th we’re throwing The Big Inch Block Party at the Downtown Synagogue and Cafe D’Mongo’s in Detroit. More information and RSVP at http://biginchblockparty.com. Larry our...
Pretty Up Plymouth Part 1 On Sunday
Massive props to Jen Ruud, a great friend and mentor to me in Detroit who gave me a place to stay on my very first night in the city back in the day and hasn’t stopped being amazing since. Tomorrow, Sunday the 11th, we’re going to be at 8887 E Vernor (google map) on the Plymouth microhood property fixing some things up from 10 AM until approximately 1 PM.
Jen put up a little...
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Ceci n'est pas une house (This Is Not A House)
Today at the Imagination Station our friend and artist Marianne Audrey Burrows started painting an all-over mural on, in, and around the burned out house we’re knocking down. A bunch of people stopped by to see what’s up, which is awesome.
With her paint-roller mic-stand she seems to be saying: Testing testing. Is this thing on? I just flew in from Hamtramck and boy are my arms...
Wall Street Journal, DIY City, Stepping On Nails,...
Alex Kellogg from The Wall Street Journal just posted a story about Detroit called “The Do-It-Yourself City”. The focus is on 63-year-old Eddie Edwards holding his block down. Check it out.
In the slideshow they have some pictures of 2 properties by the train station that we’re helping to fix up for a brand new project called the Imagination Station (you can sign up to follow...
8-Bit Detroit ++: The Legend of De-Twa
Awesome. Brett Camper has officially released the first round of 8-Bit Cities, including the 8-bit map of Detroit that LOVELAND commissioned. Click the map to hit the searchable Detroit site and click the dropdown menu to explore the other cities:
Question is, now what to make it fun and useful in addition to awesome? The maps are made using Open Street Map as the foundation. They can be...
On The Big Inch Block Party, July 17th
Because it’s not a party without a wacky animated gif™:
Mark your calendar for Saturday July 17th because starting at sundown (9:06 PM to be exact) there’s gonna be a lot of fun going down at The Big Inch Block Party in Detroit (Facebook event page with RSVP). What exactly is The Big Inch Block Party? Well, it’s got everything a regular olde awesome party has (music and booze...
When Inchy Met Miley
A LOVELAND macro real estate premonition. Inchy meet Miley, Miley meet Inchy. Same maps different scale.
LOVELAND "Aliench" Trailer At The Burton Theater
The Burton Theater is an awesome indy movie theater in Detroit. It’s where you go if you want to see Lynch-Herzog collaborations or a double outdoor screening of Escape From New York and Total Recall or participate in a YouTube video Battle Royale and great, crazy things like that. Through the grapevine we were asked to make a LOVELAND trailer to screen before their features.
Going...
