Archive for March, 2007

Philly Still Loves Me

March 31, 2007
By bicyclemark
Philly Still Loves Me

Philadelphia is some kind of place. The kind of place that always makes me feel so dam welcome and comfy I start to forget what year it is and where I live. SOmetimes you go to philly to visit w
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bm194 Insurance Companies Versus Gulf Coast Residents

March 29, 2007
By bicyclemark
bm194 Insurance Companies Versus Gulf Coast Residents

During the road trip through the gulf coast, I spent some time with a lovely couple who live in Long Beach, Mississippi. Hurricane Katrina not only destroyed their home, it also erased their entire n
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Stealing Houses In NOLA

March 28, 2007
By bicyclemark
Stealing Houses In NOLA

It was probably my second day in New Orleans and I decided to go visit the common ground legal clinic. I had heard they were providing free legal advice and a mini computer lab for local residents wh
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bmtv43 St Mary’s of the 9 Ward

March 27, 2007
By bicyclemark
bmtv43 St Mary’s of the 9 Ward

Click To Play This is a vlog entry about my visit to the upper ninth ward in New Orleans. I also walk around St. Mary's school which is now a base of operations for the common
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Fall Out Mississippi

March 26, 2007
By bicyclemark
Fall Out Mississippi

I arrived in Long Beach, Mississippi a little earlier than I expected. John and Jo, my hosts and local experts, were not home yet. Which allowed me to follow my nose and explore the barren landscape
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Photoessay; Long Beach, Mississippi

March 25, 2007
By bicyclemark
Photoessay; Long Beach, Mississippi

As I was on the road for 6 hours today and am now secluded in Florida for an evening, I present to you a photo essay from Long Beach. Talk about desctruction.. just nothing left.. slabs of nothing..
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bm193 Oasis in the Ninth Ward

March 24, 2007
By bicyclemark

Somewhere in the upper ninth ward, amidst the destruction and abandonment, there are 400 volunteers occupying a school. Everyday they fan out into the city and take on a task that most would not have
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Some Americans’ Priorities

March 23, 2007
By bicyclemark
Some Americans’ Priorities

I started off the morning by heading to the ninth ward... err.. nine ward. Having heard soo much about it, I was anxious to be there and see how people were dealing with post Katrina life more than a
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