The Ann Arbor News details a growing debate in Ann Arbor about whether the city should approve the construction of taller buildings in the city in their story today “How tall is too tall for Ann Arbor?”. I think that taller buildings, appropriately placed at certain places in the city, could increase the vitality of […]
The Michigan blog scene continues to expand, but not in so much in Ann Arbor. From Ypsilanti, there’s the political if eye-straining “The Bunker,” and a similar site “Seat of the Revolution.” I’ve also stumbled across something called “Hyaline Skies,” offering a sensitive portrait of freshman year, for those who thought that impossible.
A group of professors, including Prof. Matt Lassiter, who teaches the popular History 364: History of American Suburbia, are planning a lecture series featuring some very well known professors and authors: “We are delighted to announce a new, year-long, interdisciplinary colloquium series — the Michigan Colloquium on Race and Twentieth-Century American Political Development The series […]
The Detroit News previews today the exhibit opening at the U-M art museum tomorrow – “The Romanovs Collect: European Art from the Hermitage” – in an article “U-M unveils marvels of St. Petersburg.” From the article: “… Ann Arbor city officials have responded to the festivities by declaring October as St. Petersburg month. They plan […]
The YMCA has accepted the AATA’s offer of $3.5 million for their current structure on William, according to this story in the Ann Arbor News: ” Y to sell building for $3.5 million The Ann Arbor YMCA Thursday accepted an offer from the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority to buy the Y’s building at William Street […]
e-True Blue wants you to know:“Internet search site Google.com, cofounded by U-M alumnus Larry Page, ’95, recently celebrated its fifth anniversary. In its five years, the site has come to represent 75 percent of all Internet searches, according to Search Engine Watch newsletter. The site responds to 200 million search requests every day and indexes […]
I’ve heard, although been unable to confirm anywhere else that a curator from the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg Russia who was coming to Ann Arbor was turned away at the Detroit Metro Airport by the Department of “Homeland” Security because he didn’t have the “correct” visa. He was to give a lecture in […]