Bike hoops here and throughout downtown have been adorned with an extra “F.” The hoops themselves say “art.” There’s no noticable odor. [photo]
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Bike hoops here and throughout downtown have been adorned with an extra “F.” The hoops themselves say “art.” There’s no noticable odor. [photo]
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Civil engineering graffiti all along the east sidewalk of Division, between William and Liberty, indicates that the sidewalk is coming up soon. Signs at the north and south ends say the sidewalk is closed, but dozens of pedestrians use it anyway.
The Detroit Free Press looks at a dispute between state legislators and the boards that manage Detroit’s two public pension funds. Lawmakers have introduced bills to bring the pension funds under the control of a Lansing-based nonprofit trust, the Municipal Employees’ Retirement System. The article quotes Bob Stevenson, an Ann Arbor-based pension attorney, who says the Bing administration should restructure the existing boards: “Undoubtedly, the Detroit pension systems have been poorly run, but I don’t think the answer in my view would be to transition to MERS. I would find some means to keep these pension plans autonomous.” [Source]
The Eat Close to Home blog puts out a call for volunteers for Avalon Housing’s Edible Avalon project: “Edible Avalon is a great group that’s not only helping to build gardens in the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti area, they are teaching people how to garden and supporting them through their first gardening efforts. They are looking for volunteers to help mentor new gardeners at their garden sites 1-3 hours per week.” [Source]
In a recent report on an AAPS board meeting, we paraphrased remarks of participants, and we employed the informal nomenclature of the speakers for “Ann Arbor Open School @ Mack.” Those variants were departures from the accepted standard shortening to “Ann Arbor Open.” We acknowledge the name of the school here, and have cleaned up references to it in the original piece.
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I wish I had thought of this.
Thats all I ever saw when I looked at those hoops. Im glad Im not the only one!
That’s what those were! I wondered why there was extra metal hanging off them. Couldn’t figure out what it was when walking by with a purpose.
I think the whole “art” hoop is kind of silly (even though I’m a member of the AA art center). Why doesn’t it say “bike”? In downtown Louisville, they have actual pieces of sculptural art for bike racks! (not just silly circles which need labels if you’re going to recognize it as art)
I like the stylized bike-shaped bike rack in front of the downtown post office. I wish we had more examples of that kind of whimsy downtown.