It's an art installation by the Hygienic Dress League:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...-inchervention
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It's an art installation by the Hygienic Dress League:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...-inchervention
Okay: about Mother's: I've lived in the Poletown area all my 50+ years. All I ever remember about Mother's is that someone painted it brown in around 1982, started working on it, and then pretty much abandoned it until the new coat of light salmon pink paint. It is rather cherry, isn't it?.
I've been told the lady in the painting was a "Fatima"-an islamic lady of light and mercy. I liked the painting in both incarnations, by the way.
The restaurant that was supposed to open was the now long torn down Butzel Library, not Mother's.
By the way, on the north side of Mother's now is painted a large arabic sign. Anybody know a translation?
Why is it an attractive nuisance? As a skater I have always wanted a skatepark in Detroit. Portland, New York, Toronto, just to name a few, all have public skateparks. I think it's a great opportunity for skaters to get an opportunity to skate in an organized park then skating on the streets where we occasionally run into on goers, cars and of course public enemy number one, the police/security. So why don't you rethink your previous statement and come back with a less "debbie downer" statement.
^^^And have you heard that racket the kids are calling "music" these days?
Driving down Michigan Ave. on Friday night, I saw people in the Mercury working busily inside. There was a big map of Michigan on the window, I don't know if it was already there but I noticed it.
Skatepark, awesome! Straight out of the stroller onto a board.
Check out this 6-year old talent!\
And what about this?
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1096/...b64e5a_o_d.gif
In my day hanging crap was called dingleberries -- and you're starting to look like one. Please pass the Charmin to this citizen with the tight sphincter. ;)
For now, let's just call it constructive anarchy.
Consider this: Artists are helping redefine what community means today in post-post-modern, post-industrial Detroit. Self-authorizing creatives invigorating the commons seems like a good thing here in middle ground where the next regime is yet to be realized.
So what IS the Mercury Bar these days? I drove some friends by there Saturday night after Thanksgiving dinner at Trinity Lutheran church, we went to Abick's for a drink afterward. We stopped on Mich. Ave at a light and Mercury Bar was very busy, but it wasn't apparent if the place is a coffee house or a bar or restaurant. Does anyone know what the new business is there?
Only good things could come from a skatepark, a cement slab for blading/skating would be pretty sweet to.