Developer Alex de Parry is making another run at bringing his Heritage Row Apartments proposal back before the Ann Arbor City Council. If he's lucky, the fourth time's a charm.
Ann Arbor has a penchant for zero sum games. “I can’t win if you don’t lose” seems to be the de facto strategy for addressing community problems and creating (or avoiding) sustainable solutions. A case in point is the drama swirling around the historic designation-Heritage Row-City Place opportunity. I say ...
What is the best future for the Germantown neighborhood? That depends on whom you ask. But it’s pretty obvious what the worst outcome would be, and that’s the outcome Ann Arbor could get as yet another development proposal has turned into the kind of muddle this town is known for. ...
Ann Arbor's so-called Germantown neighborhood just south of the downtown limits won't be granted historic district status, ending nearly a year of discussion and debate over the area's historic net worth. The Ann Arbor City Council voted 6-4 Tuesday night against the historic district status, which proponents argued would ensure the ...
Developer Alex de Parry is preparing for a legal clash with the city of Ann Arbor following the defeat of his Heritage Row Apartments project. After three years of trying to come up with a proposal that he and city officials can agree on, the embattled builder plans to contest the ...
A study committee evaluating the historic significance of Ann Arbor's Germantown neighborhood has completed its research and recommended in a new report that the area be granted official historic district status. The committee, appointed by the Ann Arbor City Council last September after controversy arose over the proposed City Place ...
More than a dozen Ann Arbor residents stepped up to the podium Tuesday night to voice their opposition to the controversial Moravian apartment project encroaching upon their neighborhood just outside the city's downtown. But ultimately, after a long debate - one that has spanned two years and included numerous plan ...
The Ann Arbor City Council’s unanimous vote to approve a site plan for City Place may represent a victory for the developer of this vapid project, but here’s hoping it proves to be an empty one. Neither city officials nor neighbors - nor we - can summon any enthusiasm for ...
The Bethlehem Church on South Fourth Avenue was registered as a historic place by the state in 1982. According to state records, it is significant as the home of Michigan's first German congregation. Ryan J. Stanton | AnnArbor.com The stone walls and bell tower of the castle-like Bethlehem United Church ...
Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com AnnArbor.com's partner news site MLive.com is on a quest to find the best barbecue in ......
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