Comments on: Dreiseitl Plans Return to Ann Arbor

By: Alan Goldmith

Alan Goldmith — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:53:02 +0000

Since there isn’t a Hammond Michigan…Mr. Dreiseitl appears more than willing to help out the economy of the great state of Indiana.

Any member of City Council who votes to approve this project should be ashamed of themselves. With discussion of a city income tax, a county ‘human services’ tax, a county ‘transportation’ tax’, etc. this project is a total disgrace. Anyone who has take Project Management 101 could come up with a better cost projections budget in less than an hour. The Dreiseitl project is going to hit a million dollars or more before it’s over.

By: Alan Goldmith

Alan Goldmith — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:59:16 +0000

“Unlike his previous trip, Dreiseitl won’t be meeting with the public. His agenda includes meetings with businesses in Tecumseh and Hammond that might serve as fabricators for his artwork.”

Is Hammond a city in Michigan or would this be Hammond Indiana?

By: Barbara O'Donnell

Barbara O'Donnell — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:51:53 +0000

What happened to the CRY for locals to Buy local –
Quess we don’t have local artists anymore –
For shame that we don’t keep dollars in Ann Arbor or other towns in Michigan –
Guess we have dollars to throw away in these hard times –
I must be reading and seeing the news from another planet –
Michigan must be doing very well indeed.

By: Alan Goldsmith

Alan Goldsmith — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:31:50 +0000

Hospadaruk,

You are right. Guess I need to head downtown and pick out my new office furniture and drapes.

Thanks!

By: hospadaruk

hospadaruk — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:44:04 +0000

“Funny that the city has all this money for their new offices,”

That bad old “city”, they’re always doing stuff for themselves, never for me and MY city…

Aren’t they OUR new offices?

By: Alternative Structures

Alternative Structures — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:01:49 +0000

Funny that the city has all this money for their new offices, but yet wants to invoke a city income tax to cover “budget shortfalls”.

It seems a real shame that they can cough up $800,000 of our money for a public sculpture but then turn around and make the kids pay for their own skatepark.

Sounds like we need to give them a bit more direction.

By: Rod Johnson

Rod Johnson — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:53:58 +0000

I’m not the world’s biggest Kamrowski fan aesthetically, but he’s got a genuine local connection and gave a lot to this community. I hope AAPAC can find a way to honor this piece and not just “place” it.

By: Alan Goldmith

Alan Goldmith — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:26:10 +0000

Who is the publisher of Concentrate that Jeff Meyers works for?

From the Bluestone Realty Advisors site:

“Newcombe B. Clark specializes in the leasing and sales of class A office space, retail, and commercial land for Bluestone Realty Advisors, focusing mainly in the competitive Ann Arbor market. He has a broad background in property management and investment analysis and has served in both capacities for large scale multitenant office and mixed use buildings.”

By: Alan Goldmith

Alan Goldmith — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:15:49 +0000

“At Tuesday’s meeting, Talcott reported that she’d been told by the city’s finance staff that a purchase order had been created about a year ago for Quinn Evans, to be paid out of AAPAC’s Percent for Art funds. [The Percent for Art program takes 1% of every city capital project to fund public art, with a cap of $250,000 per project.] AAPAC did not have a contract with Quinn Evans, she said, and it wasn’t clear whether the architects were to be funded out of money set aside for Dreiseitl’s project, or from some other source.”

Can we see a copy of this ‘open ended’ purchase order?

By: Duane Collicott

Duane Collicott — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:15:43 +0000

Fabricators? For $800,000 he doesn’t build it himself?