Articles tagged: neighborhoods
Hide inside or skip town? Those without power consider their options
Posted: Jul 06, 2012As power remains out for a large number of Ann Arbor area neighborhoods and the temperatures stretch upward of 95 degrees, people are finding ways to stay cool. Read more »
neighborhoods: Children at Forest Hills Cooperative paint mural for community garden
Posted: Jun 22, 2011In an effort to “keep the community’s pride,” several children are currently working on a mural at Forest Hills Cooperative in Ann Arbor. Located in the southeast area of Ann Arbor, Forest Hills is a ... Read more »
Column: Q&A with Angela Barbash: Winning back Ypsilanti Township's West Willow neighborhood
Posted: Jun 18, 2011Plagued with shootings and distrust of police, Ypsilanti Township’s West Willow neighborhood is fighting back to save its community. Last summer resident Angela Barbash started a Citizens Patrol to keep watch, and new entryway signs ... Read more »
with slideshow: Guide to the Ann Arbor area's best sledding hills
Posted: Dec 12, 2010The first storm of the 2010 sledding season arrived on December 12. To celebrate, here's last year's guide to sledding, updated throughout. From the poem, "A Primer," by Bob Hicok in The New Yorker, May ... Read more »
Getting lost in our neighborhoods
Posted: Apr 04, 2010One of the nicest things to do on a Sunday is getting out of the house for a walk or a drive through the neighborhood. Sometimes that takes you to a place you don't normally ... Read more »
Finding Ann Arbor’s informal neighborhood workplaces
Posted: Mar 21, 2010I've been taking a mid-day trip from my downtown office to work for a while in one of the many places in our neighborhoods where you can sit down with a laptop and a cup ... Read more »
On dividing the city of Ann Arbor into parts
Posted: Feb 28, 2010Last week, we launched six new neighborhood pages on AnnArbor.com: Downtown Ann Arbor, Central Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor's West Side, Ann Arbor's South Side, Ann Arbor's North Side and UM Campus.As we've been working on ... Read more »
Ann Arbor's Washington Street, now and then
Posted: Feb 14, 2010If you have just moved to Ann Arbor, the new resident handbook doesn't include the crucial information that helps you navigate like a native. The native, or the immigrant who has picked up enough of ... Read more »
moving on: Kirsten Levinsohn departs Leslie Science and Nature Center for New Haven, new life
Posted: Feb 13, 2010Ann Arbor's Leslie Science and Nature Center is heading into uncharted territory. For the first time since 1988, Kirsten Levinsohn won't be running the place. Her replacement, one Greta Brunschwyler, is by all accounts well-liked ... Read more »
Places to have a meeting in the Ann Arbor area
Posted: Jan 30, 2010The City of Ann Arbor is entertaining proposals from developers for a conference and convention center hotel to be located on the Library Lot, next to the downtown branch of the Ann Arbor District Library. ... Read more »
Our neighborhoods: Lower Burns Park, my neighborhood
Posted: Jan 24, 2010I live in the Lower Burns Park neighborhood in Ann Arbor. I was recently asked what I liked about living there, and why I decided to live there, and what has made me stay. It's ... Read more »
North Burns Park Association
Posted: Oct 18, 2009On Saturday morning (9/16) I was making my usual cup of coffee, enjoying expected and helpful advice from the Car Guys on NPR and watching fellow Wolverine fans flood down Wells Street to the Delaware ... Read more »
Neighborhood coverage to likely start with six key areas, expand from there
Posted: Sep 25, 2009I should have known how tough it would be to define neighborhoods in the city of Ann Arbor when the Community Team and I took on the challenge. But it's proving to be even more ... Read more »
Historic Sumner Hicks house is offered for sale
Posted: Sep 03, 2009When the Sumner Hicks house was recently listed for sale, more than a piece of property went up on the market. It was a piece of Ann Arbor history. The Sumner Hicks house, at 163 ... Read more »
Detroit Free Press: U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to visit Ann Arbor
Posted: Aug 25, 2009U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts will pay a visit to the University of Michigan Sept. 11 to help celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Law School, the Detroit Free Press reports. The event ... Read more »
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