Comments on: Access, Security, and Art at Justice Center

By: Marvin Face

Marvin Face — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 21:25:03 +0000

I just returned from my semi-annual shopping excursion to Chicago and as I left Burberry at the shops at North Bridge on Michigan Avenue, I found myself standing under ANOTHER glass sculpture by Ed Carpenter. It seems that I cannot swing a dead cat by the tail without hitting one of those things. Corporate artist anyone?

By: Vivienne Armentrout

Vivienne Armentrout — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:13:25 +0000

One of the security-related changes that I found to be unwelcome is that stairs are now not accessible from the first floor. One can use stairs to exit,at least during working hours, but otherwise one must take the elevator.

I habitually walk up one or often two flights of stairs when visiting public buildings. It is better for health. Also there are a number of unpleasant things about using elevators. (I recall that one Planning Commission meeting was delayed because the chair was in a stuck elevator.)

By: Jim Rees

Jim Rees — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 03:25:22 +0000

No, I was on the Huron side. What I saw was about a dozen covered spots that were not easy to get to from the street and not near the building entrance. The old bike parking was right off the driveway and next to the front door and there were much more than a dozen covered spaces. Was I looking in the wrong place? I didn’t really search around much.

By: Sabra Briere

Sabra Briere — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:48:15 +0000

Re:#3
Jim, I think you must have missed the bike parking on the HURON side of City Hall. I bet you went to the ANNE side, where bike racks are basically non-existent.

Bike parking along the Huron facade of the new police-and-courts-annex is quite extensive and fairly well used.

By: Jim Rees

Jim Rees — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:37:35 +0000

I went down there today to pay my property tax and was pleased to see there was water in that water sculpture thing.

Not so pleased to see that the bicycle parking situation is not as good as it was at the old City Hall. For $40 million (or whatever it cost) I’d like to have a nice place to park my bike while paying my property tax. Especially if the building claims to be environmentally friendly.

By: Stewart Nelson

Stewart Nelson — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 14:46:03 +0000

I would like to know what LEED certification the building has been granted? The supporters of the construction project boasted that we would have a LEED certified building when complete. Has anyone looked into the increased operating expenses of the new building?

~Stew

By: Alan Goldsmith

Alan Goldsmith — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:44:54 +0000

Beautiful…just beautiful is the level of incompetence the art projects in the City of Ann Arbor have been handled. And candidate Sturgis and Council Member Teall want to raise the One Per Cent to Two Per Cent. This is getting to the point of not being funny any more.