Up North Scott – a Traverse City Blog

For something completely different, I started a YouTube trivia channel called "Let's Get Quizzical Trivia" and my first video, "80s Music Trivia" is up and running. If you like trivia, if you like 80s music, if you have time to waste, it's the place to go!...

Shorts is coming to Logan's Landing in Traverse City, and I share a few pictures of the progress of the exterior....

We have a new bridge over the Fish Pass site on the Boardman River in Traverse City, a big beautiful (pedestrian) bridge. And a few photos to remind us of what it used to look like....

The wildlife is out and about in Traverse City this autumn....

And it's beautiful! OK, maybe not beautiful. But it's straight and tall, and those are important characteristics for a cell phone tower. But no! It's even taller since this picture was taken on September 25th: Still doesn't have all the dongles and doohickies and whatchamacallits that a finished cell tower has, but it's a start. That area of Elmwood Township is not particularly scenic,...

My video of a brief walk through Cedar Point, from Cedar Downs to Iron Dragon....

Traverse City's Identity Brewing closed September 25th. Get your beer - your IPA, your lager, whatever floats your beer boat....

The summer of 2026 in Traverse City and the Leelanau Peninsula are done, but riding season isn't done yet....

All things end, and the life of the building that once house Copy Central on Eighth Street has come. Workforce housing is on the way, and the abandoned building had to go....

Traverse City is looking to do something with the lots at the corner of Front and Pine. Parking? Housing? Both? Neither at the moment - the council and mayor have wisely pumped the brakes on the operation....