About a year ago I undertook a sort of informal pilgrimage.
One night, starting at the Saginaw Street bridge downtown, I followed the Flint River upstream north and east, looking for the headwaters. The drive took me deep into Lapeer County, through tiny towns I’ve heard of most my life, but most of which I had never visited: Columbiaville, North Branch, Dryden, Metamora. … Read the rest
Almost to the end.
I’m allowing myself a closing argument.
Flint has been in decline since before I was born, and very soon almost the entirety of its residents will only remember the city’s downfall. In the last fifty years, the population has halved, and Flint has gone from an expansionist vision of a future that saw it eclipsing competing cities to the possibility of demolishing whole neighborhoods that have emptied out.
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I have no idea why this space is configured this way; it’s located flush to the east side of the fourth floor of the main building, and a ladder adjacent to the entry runs up to the roof. The floorboards on the paths running around this space are rickety and not to be trusted.
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So I thought that I could get through this sucker in two posts, but that ain’t gonna happen. I’ll go for three posts and a short epilogue. Continuing on:
It’s the Liberty Bell!
To the balcony…
A better view of the theater.
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I have a lot of stories to tell from the last couple months… things got away from me during the job search. It’s not like I expect everyone to want to pore over my life story. This blog is basically a record of my experiences.
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Nice to know that the Flint Journal’s on top of pressing matters in Flushing, Michigan.
On the other hand, Andy Heller is taking a break from Moon Dimple to post about some all-too-real features of Mayor Don’s record.
All this understandably makes me very excited about my visit this August.
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