Posted on Mon, Dec 31, 2012 : 11:59 a.m.
Crews remove Borders signs from flagship store in downtown Ann Arbor
By Daniel Brenner
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Foreman Shaun Michaels and Laborer Zach Dillinger organize extension cords on top of a scissor lift before removing the Borders sign on Liberty Street on Monday Dec. 31. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com
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Foreman Shaun Michaels and Laborer Zach Dillinger organize extension cords on top of a scissor lift before removing the Borders sign on Liberty Street on Monday Dec. 31. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com
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Laborer Joe Kennedy watches coworkers remove the Borders sign from the building on Liberty Street on Monday Dec. 31. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com
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Laborer Zach Dillinger hands off a part of the Borders sign to a coworker on Monday, Dec. 31. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com
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Book Industry Charitable Foundation Office Manager Kit Steinaway watches the process and takes a few pictures of the Borders sign removed on Monday Dec. 31. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com
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Foreman Shaun Michaels operates a scissor lift on Liberty Street on Monday Dec. 31. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com
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Foreman Shaun Michaels detaches the Borders sign from the brick wall on Monday Dec. 31. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com
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Laborers work to remove the Borders sign from the wall on Monday, Dec. 31. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com
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Laborer Rob Smith carries away the Borders sign after being removed from the building on Monday, Dec. 31. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com
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Laborers remove the awning from the building on Monday, Dec. 31. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com
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Workers on Monday removed Borders signage from its flagship store on East Liberty Street in downtown Ann Arbor.
The owners of the building are donating the letters to the Book Industry Charitable Foundation for the purpose of raising funds.
The letters are believed to be some of the last remaining Borders signage, as many other locations have been stripped since the bookseller's bankruptcy.
Read more about the letters in this previous AnnArbor story: 'Borders' signs to be removed from downtown Ann Arbor store on Monday
Daniel Brenner is an intern photographer for AnnArbor.com.
Comments
JSS
Tue, Jan 1, 2013 : 2:34 p.m.
If you're going to write a story about this signage - SOME mention of the progress toward a new tenant of this very important downtown space would be worth mentioning. Even if there's been no development since...?...that would be very helpful to know. I'm more interested in what happens with that retail space than I am interested in the letters hanging (or not hanging off of it).
SonnyDog09
Tue, Jan 1, 2013 : 1 p.m.
This is further evidence that when even the most trivial of acts occurs within walking distance of a2.com whq, it is deemed to be newsworthy.
music to my ear
Tue, Jan 1, 2013 : 2:59 p.m.
but you read it
JRW
Tue, Jan 1, 2013 : 5:37 a.m.
What took so long.....
Rudedog
Tue, Jan 1, 2013 : 4:10 a.m.
Why the hell is this such big news!?!? Really!?
nickcarraweigh
Tue, Jan 1, 2013 : 1:46 a.m.
Epaulettes and all. I guess the photographer choked up before they broke the saber in half.
cibachrome
Mon, Dec 31, 2012 : 9:04 p.m.
Well, they can be put back up with just a bit of modification: DOPERS What's in YOUR wallet SORE BOD 30 minute Zumba workout ROBBERS Give a man a gun and they can rob a bank. Give a man a bank and they can rob the world...
spikefb
Mon, Dec 31, 2012 : 8:42 p.m.
i was more sad when they took the borders sign down from the state street store....
music to my ear
Mon, Dec 31, 2012 : 8:04 p.m.
well that makes it final.thanks to the e- books, but that is also a sign of the times I am still reading books with covers.in fact I am reading a really good one I received for x-mas.
An Arborigine
Mon, Dec 31, 2012 : 7:59 p.m.
About time they removed signage from their shrine to bankruptcy
conundrummy
Mon, Dec 31, 2012 : 6:25 p.m.
I need a drink.
jns131
Tue, Jan 1, 2013 : 6:40 p.m.
A toast to the once was Borders. May she rest in peace. Going to miss Borders. I hate Barnes and Noble.
Rob MI
Mon, Dec 31, 2012 : 6:17 p.m.
Someone should head to the old location in Dearborn on Ford Road. Not only are the letters still on the east side of building, they still light up at night (all except for the ampersand between "books" and "music")
James
Mon, Dec 31, 2012 : 5:48 p.m.
wow