Critical Mass Mailing - Monday, June 30! * CANCELLED*

UPDATE!
This meeting has been cancelled due to a postcard shipment delay.
Please check the main blog page for updates, and join us on Tuesday, July 1, if you can!
Thanks, and sorry for the inconvenience.

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Monday, June 30, 7pm, Fort Road Federation, 974 W. 7th Street

For new folks who want to meet the group, come by the Fort Road Federation offices and help us reach critical mass to get a mass mailing done. It's for the upcoming "Scene and Be Seen" visual arts show at the Pilney Building on July 12. Come by around 7 pm, say hello, and do some manual labor. There may be some pizza left.

Monday, June 30, 7pm, Fort Road Federation, 974 W. 7th Street

Weeeyaaah!(WEA),
The Whip

Temporarily Sustainable Holes?

Passed by a brand new "hole" in the neighborhood. What do we have to do to make good use of these new vacant lots? I assume they are owned by the city and are for sale. In the meantime what if we put some good soil and seeds down and provide the neighborhood with healthy, free greens? Prettify the ravaged block with flowers? Provide a little gardening training to kids next door and let them be responsible for maintaining the plots and then reap the benefits?

Holes

November mornings such as this one: chill setting in, the sunlight just wan enough to remind me that even in weather there is mediocrity. There is a charmlessness in the eclectic architectural styles that dominate these neighborhoods--what were people thinking? I admit there are some among us who find a certain fascination in some of the least imaginative dwelling structures. (My friend Tom likes to visit from over in Minneapolis and photograph the most unlikely houses--in those pictures he is able to reveal a strange narrative--kind of an emptiness, actually. If you went to the art show at the state fair, you might've seen one of his "houses." Do check out his website, www.duhbris.com--his collection of photographs from all over the world, which he updates daily.) So, yes, at least they (houses)provide cheap shelter but it's as if the dullness of this kind of November morning overwhelmed the men (sorry, it had to be that particular) who came up with the idea. I'm thinking of boxes with a door, asbestos siding, small aluminum framed windows and unadorned concrete front steps. Add to this a cyclone fence around a tiny lawn and a mean yipping dog and you get the idea. The onset of winter lays bare some rather uncomely scenery. The city has been demolishing some of the worst offenders. Now there are holes. What will we fill them with?