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Conrail Twitty

@grenadine.bsky.social

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Is that urban planner yelling into the Internet again? Detroiter from St. Louis Posting about city services & urban planning from a justice perspective, the Rust Belt, community outreach, transportation, historic preservation, and cats.

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Conrail Twitty @grenadine.bsky.social · Nov 14

Hi new people! Nice to meet you.

I am a Detroit area urban planner, transit advocate, and historic preservation professional.

#1 fangirl of the Open Meetings Act.

Come for the local government commentary, stay for the everything else (It’s mostly everything else.)

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Conrail Twitty @grenadine.bsky.social · 3h

I feel like people try like two spots and don’t branch out in Dbo, and they don’t realize how much different stuff there is

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Conrail Twitty @grenadine.bsky.social · 9h

That is a good point, I’ve walked around there to play Pokémon (lol) but I haven’t actually tried going in.

Now that I have mobility issues it’s probably easier to try ILL first as well, less schlepping for me. Thank you!!

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every lot detroit.. before and after @everylot.det.city · 1d

12440 KELLY RD
Parcel ID: 21056837-8
Year built: 1951
Zoned B3
Tax status: EXEMPT (211.7M)
Image dates: Oct 17 2020 on left; Jun 27 2025 on right

Street view imagery of 12440 KELLY RD captured on Oct 17 2020

Street view imagery of 12440 KELLY RD captured on Jun 27 2025

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Conrail Twitty @grenadine.bsky.social · 9h

Oh man, the telltale Land Reutilization Authority stencil on the door.

Like oh the LRA owns this especially neglected thing? You don’t say?!?

Every Lot St Louis @everylotstlouis.bsky.social · 15h

4428 GARFIELD AV, ST LOUIS, MO, 63113

Conrail Twitty @grenadine.bsky.social · 9h

I think so, I need to check. I haven’t done it in a looong time as a patron and it was also a huge rarity when I worked at our tiny library here.

There’s also something called Michicard that lets you use your card a lot of places around the state, but I don’t know how it works

Conrail Twitty @grenadine.bsky.social · 9h

👀👀

This reminds me I was gonna try to figure out the steps to use my library card at a nearby university. I think there’s a way to do it but it’s just annoying, and there’s a $300 book I would like to read that they have

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Cecily “Boo, Bitch!” W. @skeskali.ca · 9h

The National Museum in Oslo has a *public library attached* so you can check out really expensive art books after seeing the exhibitions. Plus any other ridiculously expensive coffee table art books you might be interested in 🤯

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Conrail Twitty @grenadine.bsky.social · 11h

Makes me flash back to earlier this season at the E Warren Farmers Market when I was telling a farmer my tomatoes just wouldn’t ripen this year.

She said hers were the same, “Like hard little green marbles.”

Conrail Twitty @grenadine.bsky.social · 11h

Some of the little tomatoes we grew this year are hard enough they’re kind of uncomfortable to eat?

I have a jaw disorder but tomatoes are usually fine for me!

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Conrail Twitty @grenadine.bsky.social · 11h

That would have been nice!

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Conrail Twitty @grenadine.bsky.social · 11h

She gradually went from “Go Tigers!” to a shivering “Someone hit the ball!”

We kept offering to leave but she insisted on seeing the end.

We thawed her out with pie in Lafayette Coney Island afterwards.

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Conrail Twitty @grenadine.bsky.social · 11h

I went to a Tigers game once that went 13 innings.

I remember it because it was cold out and my friend who had just moved here from Texas was not having a good time with it.

She did wear her winter coat but they only have winter coats for beginners in Texas

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Conrail Twitty @grenadine.bsky.social · 12h

Welp

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Conrail Twitty @grenadine.bsky.social · 12h

I came downstairs to watch the end of the game with my bf, and have ended up watching pretty much an entire game’s worth of baseball

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Conrail Twitty @grenadine.bsky.social · 12h

Sorry guys. Every time the Tigers fuck up I root for another inning. I’m the one doing it

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Corey @coreyjrowe.bsky.social · 13h

it's 6am pacific. the sun is rising behind the space needle. the tigers are at the top of the 22nd inning

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Conrail Twitty @grenadine.bsky.social · 13h

How is a game this slow also this stressful

Conrail Twitty @grenadine.bsky.social · 14h

I always think of the time a Pistons game crowd booed him but cheered for Eminem

Conrail Twitty @grenadine.bsky.social · 14h

I took a storytelling workshop, and one of my classmates was working on honing his story of the time he went to a party honoring Kid Rock, and Kid Rock attempted to fight one of his own fans at a party in his own honor.

The party was in *Clarkston* btw

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Conrail Twitty @grenadine.bsky.social · 14h

My bf did have the audio of the game on in the car!

Conrail Twitty @grenadine.bsky.social · 14h

It’s really funny to pretend to be afraid of hair dye and facial piercings when you also pretend to be from Detroit

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17h

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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Conrail Twitty @grenadine.bsky.social · 14h

Masks required cheap used bookstore with cats + combination taco and hibachi truck that is fully halal = an evening of uniquely Detroit delights

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Conrail Twitty @grenadine.bsky.social · 14h

I feel like I could’ve staged this better and shown you how beautifully grilled the burrito was, but man I could smell it and I was ready to EAT

Conrail Twitty @grenadine.bsky.social · 14h

We finally tried a food truck I’ve been wanting to try for like a year and a half, Tacobachi’s.

I had seen a video of a man opening this hibachi burrito and saying “Shit!” with such reverent surprise that his voice cracked.

Finally tried the burrito from the video. It really is that good.

Photo of my hand holding a steak hibachi burrito to show the steak, rice, cheese, and veggies inside. There are chips and salsa on the side.

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gabriel x. michael 👻 @g-x-m.bsky.social · 15h

500 West Lake Street

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