Comments on: Meeting Watch: Pre-council Caucus (19 Oct 2008)

By: susan wineberg

susan wineberg — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:07:48 +0000

Yes, that page is from my other book Historic Buildings co-authored with Marjorie Reade. We recently learned that the information about Professor Sears is not correct. I had forgotten how really old that house is–way before the Civil War. It is one of three surviving houses from the previous era, when fabulous mansions lined Huron and when having an address there was a sign of high status.

By: Dave Askins

Dave Askins — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:00:16 +0000

“small comment- the address in question for the appointment of a study committee is 412 E. Huron.”

Susan,

That’s a big comment. Thanks for providing the correct address. Chris Crockett certainly did her part in providing me with a nice photocopy (page 70 … from your book?) with a title at the top in bold face, “412 East Huron Street.” I had it in front of me as I typed up the report and still got it wrong. Apologies.

By: susan wineberg

susan wineberg — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:50:10 +0000

small comment- the address in question for the appointment of a study committee is 412 E. Huron. It was turned down on Monday night. I’m sorry people think Firestone is an eyesore–we use their services all the time and perhaps I’ve lived here too long to notice that it needs a paint job. The building is an unaltered example of a car-oriented building from the 1920s, which marked the second wave of development along Huron, which was one of the first named roads in the Michigan Highway system (I wrote about this in my book Lost Ann Arbor. I think it’s a cool building!

By: Vivienne Armentrout

Vivienne Armentrout — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:10:15 +0000

Re 601 S. Forest: this is the second time recently where a developer has threatened to put in an uglier development if their requests are not met. (The City Place on S. 5th was the other one.) Council should reject all such attempts of development by threat. It is a bad policy to encourage such behavior. Given the current economic climate, it seems unlikely that threats will be carried out, especially if the proposed development is depending on a large infusion of tax dollars to be realized.