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A city-wiki for Ann Arbor in Michigan, USA

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2010-02-09

  • 14:32 UTC Decker Drugs

    Created page with 'state st drug store, closed 2003; http://www.michigandaily.com/content/drugstore-closes-due-high-rent-competition Category: Lost Ann Arbor {{seed}}'

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    state st drug store, closed 2003;

    http://www.michigandaily.com/content/drugstore-closes-due-high-rent-competition

    [[Category: Lost Ann Arbor]]
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  • 13:01 UTC Mitch's Place

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    Mitch's Place long existed on the corner of South U and South Forest.  It shut its doors almost two years ago, but will be reopening almost across the street in early September, 2006.
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    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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    * http://michigandaily.com/content/mitchs-closes-light-economic-downturn
    [[Category:Bars]]
    [[Category:Bars]]
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    {{seed}}
  • 11:44 UTC Neutral zone

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    #REDIRECT [[Neutral Zone]]
  • 04:11 UTC File:CentralCampus.gif

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    stolen from http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/seminars/combin/CentralCampus.gif
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    stolen from http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/seminars/combin/CentralCampus.gif ; it's a 2001 map, without the [[Palmer Commons]] development.
    [[Category: Maps]]
    [[Category: Maps]]
    [[Category: Central Campus]]
    [[Category: Central Campus]]
  • 04:09 UTC Category:Central Campus

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    [[Image:CentralCampus.gif|right|300px|thumb]]
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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]].
  • 04:08 UTC File:CentralCampus.gif

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    stolen from http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/seminars/combin/CentralCampus.gif
    stolen from http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/seminars/combin/CentralCampus.gif
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    [[Category: Maps]]
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    [[Category: Central Campus]]
  • 04:04 UTC Ann Arbor Tasters Guild

    link

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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]]
  • 03:59 UTC Ann Arbor's lost eateries

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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]].
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    * [[Bev's Caribbean Cafe]] [[Packard Street|Packard]] at Woodlawn now vacant
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    * [[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]].  
  • 03:58 UTC Bimbo's

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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]]
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    [[Category: E Washington St (Ann Arbor)]]
  • 03:15 UTC Milan Plastics

    Created page with 'http://www.milanplastics.com/ : We have the facilities, equipment and expertise to produce and fabricate your specific requirements. We boast a 12 foot CNC machining center. We...'

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    http://www.milanplastics.com/

    : We have the facilities, equipment and expertise to produce and fabricate your specific requirements. We boast a 12 foot CNC machining center. We also use Laser technology!

    Telephone: 734-985-0627
    Fax: 734-682-0008
    Postal address: 62 Division Street | Milan | MI | 48160
    Electronic mail: Info@MilanPlastics.com

    [[Category: Plastics]]
    [[Category: Division St (Milan)|62]]
    [[Category: Milan]]
  • 03:13 UTC Category:Woodland Dr (Saline)

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    [[Category: Streets of Saline]]
  • 03:12 UTC Ann Arbor Plastics

    Created page with 'http://www.aaplastics.com/ : Ann Arbor Plastics core business is designing, manufacturing, and distributing plastic display products to the retail, service and hospitality indus...'

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    http://www.aaplastics.com/

    : Ann Arbor Plastics core business is designing, manufacturing, and distributing plastic display products to the retail, service and hospitality industries. Our philosophy is to produce display products that meet or exceed our customer’s criteria in quality, service and cost.

    Ann Arbor Plastics
    815 Woodland Drive
    Saline, MI 48176

    [[Category: Woodland Dr (Saline)|815]]
    [[Category: Saline]]
  • 03:11 UTC Precise Metal Components

    Created page with '91 Enterprise Dr Ste A Ann Arbor, MI 48103 734-769-0790 {{seed}}'

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    91 Enterprise Dr Ste A
    Ann Arbor, MI 48103
    734-769-0790

    {{seed}}
  • 02:55 UTC Eberbach Elementary School

    must have been a mistake in the obit

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    #REDIRECT [[Eberwhite Elementary School]]
  • 02:48 UTC Ann Arbor Tenants Union

    See also:

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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.
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    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:
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    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.
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    Sources:
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    == See also ==
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    * [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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    == Sources ==
    * [[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]
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    * Shelterforce, March/April 1995: [http://www.nhi.org/online/issues/80/annarbor.html Ann Arbor Tenants Union]]
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    * [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.
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    * 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]
    [[Category:History]][[Category:Activism]][[Category:Groups]][[Category:Unions]]
    [[Category:History]][[Category:Activism]][[Category:Groups]][[Category:Unions]]