A city-wiki for Ann Arbor in Michigan, USA
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2010-02-09
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| - | Mitch's Place long existed on the corner of South U and South Forest. It | + | Mitch's Place long existed on the corner of South U and South Forest. It closed ca. 2004, reopened in 2006 across the street, and closed again in February 2010. |
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[[Category: Maps]] | [[Category: Maps]] | ||
[[Category: Central Campus]] | [[Category: Central Campus]] | ||
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The central part of the [[University of Michigan]] campus. | The central part of the [[University of Michigan]] campus. | ||
Codenamed "Baker" by [[DPS]]. | Codenamed "Baker" by [[DPS]]. | ||
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The local Ann Arbor organization is led by [[Dick Scheer]]. | The local Ann Arbor organization is led by [[Dick Scheer]]. | ||
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| + | [http://www.tastersguild.com/Local_Chapters/Ann%20Arbor%20Chapter%20037.htm Ann Arbor chapter info.] | ||
[[Category: Wine]] | [[Category: Wine]] | ||
[[Category: Recreation]] | [[Category: Recreation]] | ||
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* [[Arriba]] short lived Mexican restaurant that took over [[Maude's]] spot on 4th, which is now [[Studio 4]] | * [[Arriba]] short lived Mexican restaurant that took over [[Maude's]] spot on 4th, which is now [[Studio 4]] | ||
* [[Bagel Factory]] on [[South University|South U]]. | * [[Bagel Factory]] on [[South University|South U]]. | ||
| - | * [[Bev's Caribbean Cafe]] [[Packard Street|Packard]] at Woodlawn now | + | * [[Bev's Caribbean Cafe]] [[Packard Street|Packard]] at Woodlawn now a hot dog stand |
* [[Bicycle Jim's]], 1301 S. University | * [[Bicycle Jim's]], 1301 S. University | ||
* [[Bill Knapp's]] two Ann Arbor locations were the hangouts for the Lawrence Welk crowd for a long time. The one on Carpenter is now Charlie's La Shish and the one on [[Stadium Boulevard|Stadium]] is [[Zingerman's Roadhouse]]. | * [[Bill Knapp's]] two Ann Arbor locations were the hangouts for the Lawrence Welk crowd for a long time. The one on Carpenter is now Charlie's La Shish and the one on [[Stadium Boulevard|Stadium]] is [[Zingerman's Roadhouse]]. | ||
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| + | [[Image:Washington-street-1975.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Bimbo's, 1975]] | ||
Ah Bimbo's! This was the best place to get pizza when I was a kid, back in the 1960s. They had "Pong" next to the tables, back when computer games first hit the scene. They had a picture of Harold Lloyd hanging off a clock from his movie "Safety Last." I remember that picture very well, and now watch the Harold Lloyd movie with my kids (on dvd). The restaurant often had a dixieland jazz band and I dreamed of playing the trombone after watching the band. The general style of the restaurant was reminiscent of the 1930s. The food was good (at least to a 7 year old). The pizza was square and cut into smaller squares. Baskets of peanuts were on every table, and the shells were good projectiles for firing at your siblings. (Such a mess on the floor!) They also had jugs of soda, as I recall, and they had Faygo on the menu. My family had a great time at Bimbo's! | Ah Bimbo's! This was the best place to get pizza when I was a kid, back in the 1960s. They had "Pong" next to the tables, back when computer games first hit the scene. They had a picture of Harold Lloyd hanging off a clock from his movie "Safety Last." I remember that picture very well, and now watch the Harold Lloyd movie with my kids (on dvd). The restaurant often had a dixieland jazz band and I dreamed of playing the trombone after watching the band. The general style of the restaurant was reminiscent of the 1930s. The food was good (at least to a 7 year old). The pizza was square and cut into smaller squares. Baskets of peanuts were on every table, and the shells were good projectiles for firing at your siblings. (Such a mess on the floor!) They also had jugs of soda, as I recall, and they had Faygo on the menu. My family had a great time at Bimbo's! | ||
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[[Category: Lost Ann Arbor]] | [[Category: Lost Ann Arbor]] | ||
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Born in 1968-69 as the coordinating committee for a city-wide rent strike, the '''Ann Arbor Tenants Union''' coordinated tenant actions and provided legal advice via a tenant counseling hotline for 35 years, before a loss of funding forced it to close in 2004. The initial strike protested poor physical conditions of rental properties - at the time, 90% of rental properties Ann Arbor failed to meet the city's code requirements. The strike involved over 1,500 tenants around the city and lasted for two years. | Born in 1968-69 as the coordinating committee for a city-wide rent strike, the '''Ann Arbor Tenants Union''' coordinated tenant actions and provided legal advice via a tenant counseling hotline for 35 years, before a loss of funding forced it to close in 2004. The initial strike protested poor physical conditions of rental properties - at the time, 90% of rental properties Ann Arbor failed to meet the city's code requirements. The strike involved over 1,500 tenants around the city and lasted for two years. | ||
| - | Writing in a article for the National Housing Institute's ''Shelterforce'' magazine in 1995, an AATU staff member detailed a number of actions over the Union's history involving tenants and other community members. These include: | + | Writing in a article for the National Housing Institute's ''Shelterforce'' magazine in 1995, an [[AATU]] staff member detailed a number of actions over the Union's history involving tenants and other community members. These include: |
* A series of rent strikes between 1975 and 1977 to build support for the 1978 Truth in Renting and Fair Rental Information legislation, | * A series of rent strikes between 1975 and 1977 to build support for the 1978 Truth in Renting and Fair Rental Information legislation, | ||
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The union received the bulk of its funding from the [[Michigan Student Assembly]], as many of Ann Arbor's tenants subject to predatory landlord behavior are, often inexperienced and uninformed, students. In 2003, the MSA failed to pay a balance owed of $20,000; while the 2003 MSA elections saw 58% of students vote in favor of a $1 per student fee increase to fund AATU, MSA never followed through with the increase. In combination with MSA action to expel the AATU from its offices in the [[Michigan Union]], which caused the Union both one-time expenses of moving and reprinting informational materials and ongoing rent expenses for new space, this termination of funding directly caused the Union's 2004 demise. | The union received the bulk of its funding from the [[Michigan Student Assembly]], as many of Ann Arbor's tenants subject to predatory landlord behavior are, often inexperienced and uninformed, students. In 2003, the MSA failed to pay a balance owed of $20,000; while the 2003 MSA elections saw 58% of students vote in favor of a $1 per student fee increase to fund AATU, MSA never followed through with the increase. In combination with MSA action to expel the AATU from its offices in the [[Michigan Union]], which caused the Union both one-time expenses of moving and reprinting informational materials and ongoing rent expenses for new space, this termination of funding directly caused the Union's 2004 demise. | ||
| - | + | == See also == | |
| + | * [http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=1863765643012800775&q=Rome+v.+Walker&hl=en&as_sdt=80000004 Rome v. Walker], 196 NW 2d 850 - Mich: Court of Appeals 1972 | ||
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* [[Michigan Daily]], Oct. 21, 2004: [http://media.www.michigandaily.com/media/storage/paper851/news/2004/10/21/Opinion/The-Rise.And.Fall.Of.The.Ann.Arbor.Tenants.Union-1426029.shtml The Rise and Fall of the Ann Arbor Tenants Union] | * [[Michigan Daily]], Oct. 21, 2004: [http://media.www.michigandaily.com/media/storage/paper851/news/2004/10/21/Opinion/The-Rise.And.Fall.Of.The.Ann.Arbor.Tenants.Union-1426029.shtml The Rise and Fall of the Ann Arbor Tenants Union] | ||
* Michigan Daily, Feb. 14, 2003: [http://media.www.michigandaily.com/media/storage/paper851/news/2003/02/14/Opinion/Letters.To.The.Editor-1415835.shtml Letters to the Editor] | * Michigan Daily, Feb. 14, 2003: [http://media.www.michigandaily.com/media/storage/paper851/news/2003/02/14/Opinion/Letters.To.The.Editor-1415835.shtml Letters to the Editor] | ||
| - | * Shelterforce, March/April 1995: [http://www.nhi.org/online/issues/80/annarbor.html Ann Arbor Tenants Union | + | * [http://texts.pattricejones.info/archives/10 Renters Strike Back: The All-City Rent Strike of 1969-71], pattrice jones. Originally published in [[Agenda]], Feb 1999. |
| + | * Shelterforce, March/April 1995: [http://www.nhi.org/online/issues/80/annarbor.html Ann Arbor Tenants Union] | ||
* Libertarian Labor Review #14, Winter 1992-93: [http://infoshop.org/library/Kaufmann:_A_short_history_of_IWW_organizing_in_Ann_Arbor#The_Resurgence_of_the_Ann_Arbor_Tenants_Union A short history of IWW organizing in Ann Arbor] | * Libertarian Labor Review #14, Winter 1992-93: [http://infoshop.org/library/Kaufmann:_A_short_history_of_IWW_organizing_in_Ann_Arbor#The_Resurgence_of_the_Ann_Arbor_Tenants_Union A short history of IWW organizing in Ann Arbor] | ||
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