Comments on: Soule & Madison

By: john floyd

john floyd — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:33:39 +0000

Superior to Oxford in many important ways, exactly as we are, right today? No wonder our political class is so determined to throw out everything that makers us superior.

I once heard of a man whose goal was to make Ann Arbor unrecognizable to anyone who had lived here in the recent past. Sounds like his efforts would be put to better use in England.

By: Joel Batterman

Joel Batterman — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:48:12 +0000

Did he define “decent?”

By: Glacial Erratic

Glacial Erratic — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:11:51 +0000

Surely by civic architecture he meant the NON-university architecture (civic as in city) in both towns. And I can see his point–Oxford’s non-university but non-residential streetscapes are a mix with some really rotten ones in there. So are A2′s tho.

By: Vivienne Armentrout

Vivienne Armentrout — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:54:05 +0000

The Law Quad does resemble an Oxford college to a remarkable degree but surely that is not what he meant. It is a treasure, though.

Maybe he was referring to various UM buildings?

By: Rod Johnson

Rod Johnson — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:32:08 +0000

Superior civic architecture!?

By: Linda Spector

Linda Spector — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:08:49 +0000

Agreed on all counts, well said sir.