Boos for the Big House

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“And the university is going to grow,” he adds, “and as it grows, it’ll add faculty plus increasing numbers of students and young people, and people entering their sixties because they’ll want to be near the vibrant life of the university—and to the university’s hospitals. As the town’s population grows, it’s going to mean more density and more retail and commercial activity that, if handled well, can continue keep Ann Arbor an exciting town to live and work in—a bright spot in Michigan and a model for other university towns.”   

[Originally published in January, 2009.]

 

“I read the comic pages in the January 2009 edition titled ‘Boos for the Big House, Praise for the Pringle,’” Robert Greenough wrote in response to this story. “Reading about architects chewing about the pros and cons of building appearance is as absurd to the general public as listening to wine aficionados discuss wine, or art critics discuss features of modern art. It is highly subjective.”