Comments on: Packard Square, Fraternity Site Plans OK’d

By: susan wineberg

susan wineberg — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:55:56 +0000

Regarding the history of 630 Oxford. It was built in 1914 for Albert Barrett the Director of the State Psychopathic Hospital in Ann arbor. Later, after 1952, it was the home of Marston Bates, Prof of Zoology and grandson of Alexander Graham Bell.
A group who lived there in the 1970s and 80s has sponsored a prize in the Ann Arbor Film Festival called the 630 Award.
Many illustrious faculty built their homes on Oxford in the early part of the 20th century and this was one of them.

By: Tom Whitaker

Tom Whitaker — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 02:16:33 +0000

It does sort of give the impression of being a duplex–at least from the south elevation, but I’m glad to hear it’s a single family home.

Good to see another family moving into the heart of the City. I hope they enjoy their new neighborhood as much as we’ve enjoyed ours (in-between our battles to save it).

By: Rod Johnson

Rod Johnson — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 01:56:09 +0000

That Fifth Avenue project is one strangely-proportioned house.

By: Mary Morgan

Mary Morgan — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:18:04 +0000

Wendy Rampson, head of the city's planning staff, pointed out a better alternative to getting at this site plan info – the city's eTrakit system. For 215 N. Fifth, select “Projects” then use the Project Search to enter “Address” “Begins with” “215 N Fifth” – this will bring up the Historic District Commission (HDC) file and the Site Plan (SP) file. Double click on SP11-002 and all of the file attachments will be listed below the box. The planning commission staff report is the last one on the list. Packard Square can be accessed by selecting "Projects" then choosing "Project Name" and "Contains" and typing in "Packard Square"

By: Mary Morgan

Mary Morgan — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:49:09 +0000

Re. site plans: I've extracted three pages from the 20.5MB Packard Square site plan packet here [1.3MB .pdf file of Packard Square site plan] – or you can download the entire file from the city's Legistar system: [link] 215 N. Fifth site plan: [three-page excerpt – 1.6M .pdf file] The full 4.1MB packet has been temporarily removed from the Legistar system. Phi Kappa Psi site plan: [full site plan packet – 1.6MB .pdf file]

By: Joel Batterman

Joel Batterman — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:19:12 +0000

Have the site plans (especially for Packard Square) been made available online? Would save folks the trek to City Hall.