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Stopped. Watched. stories are observations recorded by various Correspondents for The Chronicle in 140 characters or fewer. RSS feed for these stories

Main & Liberty

Packs of green-clad young men walking through intersection, not all in a straight line. Some are wearing hats.

UM Fleming Building Redux

Students in a drawing class are focused on the sunny side of the Fleming Administration Building.

UM Fleming Building

Cube plaza: drawing class sketching Fleming Administration Building.

State Street & N. University

Ashley’s is gearing up for St. Patrick’s Day. [photo]

First & Liberty

Happy group of about 25 third-graders, some holding hands, crossing the street in the sunshine.

UM: The Cube

Large circle of people around The Cube. No idea why.

Division & Washington

Spelling-challenged graffiti on the wall of the former Ann Arbor News building. [Photo]

Downtown Library

Entire b-b-b-building v-v-v-vibrating from L-L-Library L-L-Lot c-c-c-construction

UM Diag

A squirrel is scaling the exterior wall of Hatcher Library carrying a baby (squirrel).

Packard & Division

Old traffic light removed from service. [photo]

Madison & 6th

Tip of a tail on the sidewalk. A squirrel’s perhaps?

Main & Washington

2:45 a.m. Lone man rapping while walking down an empty Main Street.

Fifth Ave Library Lot

Passed by the construction site just as one of the workers was placing a TV set in one of the dumpsters. There were also four cement trucks on site, creating a sense of permanence.

Fifth & William

U.S. flag at Ann Arbor District Library flown at half-staff. [Governor Graholm issued a proclamation in 2003 that U.S. flags would be lowered to honor Michigan servicemen and servicewomen killed in the line of duty. Today it's in honor of Marine Corporal Jacob H. Turbett of Canton. He was on active duty in Afghanistan.]

Library Lot

How is the hole for the underground parking garage getting dug? Answer: a guy with a shovel [photo]. Last week’s DDA meeting report indicated “real digging” would commence this week. And yes, there’s heavy equipment, too.

7th at Willow

Fence going up around West Park [photo]. [Editor's note: Explanation can be found here and here.]

Old West Side

Signs of spring sprouting on Murray Avenue [photo] and in front of the YMCA on West Washington [photo].

Liberty & Main

Brownie doing brisk sales of Girl Scout cookies at the northeast corner of Liberty & Main. Earlier, a different scout was selling at Main & Washington. On a sunny Saturday, lots of foot traffic downtown.

Liberty btw Main and Ashley

Sign painted on alley wall indicates a mural will be painted in the spring. That’s soon.

Liberty btw Division and Maynard

Sign in Le Dog window says they’ll open again on March 11.

Huron River above Barton Dam

From a canoe, wildlife abounded. Pileated Woodpecker in full view, Bufflehead ducks by the dozen, Red tail hawk circling, mink, deer, muskrat, robins in abundance, mute swans geese and ducks that have overwintered, and a whole bank of skunk cabbage emerging purple and green.

Miller & Spring

Road open only to eastbound traffic on Miller, between Chapin and First. Several large trucks parked long Miller, with crews working on sewer system along that stretch. Folks at Knight’s Market report sharp drop in business.

Detroit & Kingsley

String of five cars in a row driving on Detroit Street south of Kingsley, past Treasure Mart – each driver talking on a cell phone.

Law Quad

Giant snowman still looming over passers-by: [photo] Snowman earlier in the week: [photo]

Fifth & Liberty

Frontloader scooping up snow from the Library Lot site and hefting it into a dump truck. Unclear where the truck will be delivering its frosty load.

W. Stadium & Shelby

A true sign of spring: The Stadium Dairy Queen opens today at noon.

William & Third

Blooming snowdrop.

Liberty & Main

2 missionaries, out in the cold, approaching strangers in the dark to talk about God. There weren’t a lot of people around when they attempted to stop me a little after 7 p.m.

Eisenhower & State

Double-decker Megabus heading south on State.

Brooklyn & Westminster

Using recycling bin to make snow blocks. [photo]

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