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bob waun
Sep 30, 20202 min read
On The Topic of China.
Waunderlust and travel have always been my passion. But Communist, polluted China was not on my 'must see list', so I begrudgingly...
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bob waun
Sep 29, 20201 min read
Debate Tonight: Don't vote for Kevin, again...
As we prepare to watch the US Presidential Debates tonight, I'm reminded how much I dislike Kevin Chang and people who think like he...
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bob waun
Sep 16, 20201 min read
Surfer Dude?
Never judge a book by its cover or a guy by his flip-flops. This was the lesson affirmed the day I met real estate developer and former...
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bob waun
Sep 16, 20201 min read
Above Flint
High above Flint, this building towers above all others. Sweeping views of the river and the city. From up here you can see clearly why...
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bob waun
Sep 16, 20201 min read
Dubai, Do Go.
My first Dubai trip was in November 2008, the world was ending if you were in the development business anywhere in the world, and Dubai...
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bob waun
Sep 16, 20201 min read
Dressing up 1970s Apartments
Urbane Apartments in Royal Oak, MI is one of the most innovative multifamily companies in the country. They engaged us to build these...
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bob waun
Sep 16, 20201 min read
1865 Cancelled Check from First National Bank of Pontiac
This and 100 other checks fell from the ceiling of 33 N Saginaw, Pontiac in 2016 as we renovated this old jewelry store building. It was...
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bob waun
Sep 16, 20201 min read
Box Builders
My day as a welder in the Box Studio was not a long day. The heat, fumes and lack of skill made it clear that banking might be a better...
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bob waun
Sep 16, 20201 min read
This is a Good Sign
This mural was painted with $35 in spray paint, to cover up some 'bad words' and a skull and cross bones. It has lasted for over 5 years,...
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bob waun
Sep 16, 20201 min read
Get Over Your Historic T-111 siding
This shit hole, foreclosed home was, well, a money pit. We bought it off Fannie Mae and poured in sweat and money until it looked like...
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bob waun
Sep 16, 20201 min read
M1 Concourse: Car Lover's Disneyland
I'm proud to have met Brad Oleshansky early in 2013. He was looking for a land site to build DisneyWorld for car lovers, and I got it...
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bob waun
Sep 16, 20201 min read
Politics When People Spoke Civilly
This is US Congressman David Trott, and Israeli Knesset member Orin Hasan speaking in the Indian Hill Wine Cellar in 2015. Tzvi Koslowe...
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bob waun
Sep 16, 20201 min read
Red Dawn - Chinese paid to make The Koreans the enemy
The original Red Dawn Film (circa 1984) was about the Russians invading America. It was a pivotal movie in my childhood fears. In 2012 it...
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bob waun
Sep 16, 20201 min read
Iceland Urbanism and Daylight at Midnight
A National Geographic film crew arrived just as we landed in Iceland. Their adventure would be more interesting than our stop-over, but...
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bob waun
Sep 16, 20201 min read
Urban Excavating
In 2012 we discovered a tunnel under the street in the bowels of an old building at 31 N Saginaw, Pontiac. Below what today is a wine...
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bob waun
Sep 16, 20201 min read
Why Goat Scaping Should be the Norm
Goats eat garbage, and they like it. Goats eat poison ivy, all the way down to the roots, and they like it. Goats fertilize your grass...
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