Articles tagged: architecture
with gallery: Historic DKE fraternity hall celebrates 133 years as its surroundings change rapidly
Posted: Jun 26, 2012A historic building on East William Street known as “The Shant” celebrated its 133rd birthday Tuesday. The house, officially called “The Hall of Omicron,” serves as a meeting place for the University of Michigan chapter ... Read more »
PHOTO GALLERY: Ann Arbor architect Robert C. Metcalf's personal home part of Sunday tour
Posted: Jun 02, 2012Chicago has Frank Lloyd Wright. Detroit has Albert Kahn. If Ann Arbor has a celebrity architect, it's Robert C. Metcalf, who went on to personally design 68 houses in Ann Arbor, many in Ann Arbor Hills and Barton Hills. Read more »
Links: Michigan Modern: A look at Modern architecture around Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County
Posted: Oct 29, 2010MichiganModern.org is a project of the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office. Its goal is to document the Modern architecture of the state, focusing on buildings from the 1940s to the 1970s.Modernism is characterized by clean, ... Read more »
West Stadium Boulevard road reconstruction project set to finish Nov. 3
Posted: Oct 21, 2010The road construction project that started mid-summer on West Stadium Boulevard is almost finished and the road should be completely re-opened by Nov. 3, according to a notice from the city of Ann Arbor. Over ... Read more »
AATA asks residents to help plan for Washtenaw County's future public transportation needs
Posted: Oct 03, 2010Transit officials want to hear from those with an opinion on how public transportation can improve Washtenaw County as a livable, economically viable and environmentally sound community well into the future. And they say forget ... Read more »
Ypsilanti police investigate burglary on Hawkins Street
Posted: Oct 02, 2010An Ypsilanti woman returned home late Friday morning to discover her home had been burglarized, city police said. Read more »
With poll: Saline parents express safety concerns at forum following playground assault
Posted: May 17, 2010Several Saline parents questioned using parent volunteers to supervise students on playgrounds during a forum Monday night in response to an assault that injured an 11-year-old boy last month. “I think they need to have ... Read more »
Galapagos: Darwin’s Paradise presented by Wildlife and Nature Travel
Posted: Apr 14, 2010Woman remains jailed on charge of abusing 2-year-old girl in Superior Township
Posted: Apr 06, 2010A woman is in the Washtenaw County Jail this morning, accused of assaulting a 2-year-old girl who was found injured Saturday in a Superior Township home, a Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department incident summary said. Read more »
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