The Towering Cathedral

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Wyandotte, MI

If there's one thing the city of Wyandotte is know for......it's retirees!  Lots and lots of them, they're everywhere!  If there's two things the city of Wyandotte is known for, it's of course retirees, then second, would be small corner stores, bakeries, bars etc. spread throughout it's neighborhoods.  Back in the day, you didn't have to go downtown to do your shopping, you could just walk a couple of blocks to Art's General Store, the local Pharmacy or the Butcher Shop.  While many of these businesses have long since closed, with their buildings being converted to residential housing, many are still around and doing well, as much of their clientele has continued to shop with them for a few generations!

If there's three things that the city of Wyandotte is known for......first off....retirees, they're practically everywhere.  Second......tiny corner stores, and third would have to be the Churches.  It's hard to go more than two blocks in any direction in Wyandotte, without hitting a century's old cathedral.

The rest of the story, and a bonus photo, after the jump....

The Famous Ypsilanti Water Tower

Ypsilanti Water Tower

Ypsilanti Michigan, just a few minutes East of Ann Arbor, is home to Eastern Michigan University, is the birthplace of Dominoe's Pizza, and a giant Water Tower shaped like a.....

Ypsilanti is home to a number of local landmarks, but by far, the most well known is the old Water Tower that sits across from EMU's Campus.  Finished in 1890, the tower was the only water tower in the Ypsilanti area, and was designated as a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the State of Michigan in 1974.  The tower has many local nicknames....most with varying degrees of derogatory connotation due to it's most decidedly phallic shape.  Local legend has it that if a virgin were ever to graduate from EMU.....the tower would crumble to the ground!

Today's photo was a challenge.....the rest of the story after the jump.........