Ann Arbor Observed: Selections from Then and Now Book

Contents

Introduction....................1
Public Buildings and Institutions....................4
The 1838 Jail....................4
The County Poorhouse....................8
The Private Hospital Era....................11
Ann Arbor's Carnegie Library....................24
Red Howard, Small-Town Cop....................27
The Farmers' Market....................31
The University of Michigan....................39
The Detroit Observatory....................39
The Remarkable Legacy of Francis Kelsey....................44
The Botanical Gardens....................53
When Football Players Danced the Cancan....................57
Lane Hall....................66
Inglis House....................70
Transportation....................74
Orange Risdon's 1825 Map....................74
The Michigan Central Depot....................81
Ann Arbor's "Other" Railroad....................84
Ann Arbor's Streetcars....................91
109 Catherine-Car Age Services....................95
The Ann Arbor Cooperative Society....................99
Industry....................102
The Rise and Fall of Allen's Creek....................102
Henry Krause's Tannery....................110
The Athens Press on Main Street....................113
439 Fifth Street: From Drinking Spot to Play Yard....................118
The Artificial Ice Company....................121
The West Side Dairy....................124
Downtown Ann Arbor....................128
L. W. Cole and the Michigan Argus....................128
John Haarer Photography Studio....................134
Hoelzle's Butcher Shop and Metzger's Restaurant....................140
Prochnow's Dairy Lunch....................145
Justin Trubey and the Ice Cream Trade....................148
Recreation and Culture....................152
Otto's Band....................152
Ann Arbor's Municipal Beach....................157
The Roy Hoyer Dance Studio....................161
The Broadway Bridge Parks....................166
Cinema's First Century....................173
Social Fabric and Communities....................186
The Underground Railroad in Ann Arbor....................186
Dixboro....................202
Delhi Village....................207
The Story of the Schwaben Halle....................211
A Tale of Two Lakes....................219
Architecture....................227
Cobblestone Houses in Washtenaw County....................227
The Remarkable History of the Kempf House....................232
Ann Arbor's Oldest Apartments....................236
Alden Dow's Ann Arbor....................245
Frank Lloyd Wright in Ann Arbor....................260