Posted in Apartment life, Capitol Centre Foods, Capitol Centre Market, City Life, Madison WI, Metropolitan Place, New Construction, Real Estate Development, WISC-TV, WISCONSIN, WKOW, WMTV, Weather, Willy Street Co-op on January 27, 2008 | No Comments »
As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
George Washington (1732 - 1799)
What a beautiful day in [...]
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Posted in Apartment life, Capitol Square, Chiropractor, City Life, City of Trees, Crime, Homeless, Homeless Shelter, Isthmus Daily Page, Madison WI, Metropolitan Place, Panhandling, Personal Health Issues, Police, Poverty, Real Estate Development, State Street, The Isthmus on November 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »
However mean your life is, meet it and live it: do not shun it and call it hard names. Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Things do not change, we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.
Henry David [...]
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The folks over at the Isthmus Daily Page picked up on that question in my last entry so I thought I’d explore it a little. First of all, what IS gentrification really? This link is a pretty good over view by Tom Wetzel.
Madison can’t be said to have any real inner city [...]
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Posted in Apartment life, Boys, City Life, Construction toys, Life, Madison WI, Metropolitan Place, Street repairs, WISCONSIN, city infrastructure, gentrification, water and sewer repairs on July 17, 2007 | No Comments »
Old boys have their playthings as well as young ones; the difference is only in the price.
Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
‘Tis a gloomy day in the neighborhood today. The good news, is that it rained last night (not enough though) and it may rain some more today. The bad news is that [...]
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I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their [...]
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