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Courthouse Square Troubles

Retirees, street folk clash in high-rise

by Eve Silberman

posted 10/31/2009

Shirley Clarkson is leaving Courthouse Square. Packing boxes are stacked from floor to ceiling in her tenth-floor apartment, along with a few remaining pieces of furniture and a framed print of ancient Pompeii--Clarkson, a retired U-M administrator, is a lover of all things Italian.

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