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DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

» Not-So-Secret Garden Kids learn life lessons in
the Brightmoor Farmway. See page 18.

» Chocolate And Tai Chi Multitalented chef,
teacher turns his focus on disparate practices.
See page 22.

Dr. Michael
Levin, his

» Opportunity Detroit Young Jews come to the city
for specific programs — and stay. See page 70.

wife, Fallon,

and daughter
Zahava

metro

Couple brings careful
renovation to Detroit's
Art Deco-style
apartment buildings.

New
Leadership

At Oakland University,
Hynd takes the helm;
Schlussel chairs board.

Barbara Lewis I Contributing Writer

Harry Kirsbaum

Contributing Writer

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11 systems are go at Oakland
University.
With a new president and
new buildings spreading out over its
1,400 acres near Rochester, OU's new
Board of Trustees chairman Mark
Schlussel said he sees some very exciting
things happening. He just needs to get
the word out.
"We've had dramatic changes in the
university:' said Schlussel of Southfield,
citing the dedication of the OU
Engineering Center, the upcoming dedi-
cation of the Elliott Carillon Tower and
the new 500-bed Oak View residence
hall.
With a student population of 16,000,
OU has long been known as a commuter
campus but now has 2,800 students liv-
ing on campus.
"A lot of our kids are commuters; they
work to support their education," he
said. "We want to improve our four- and
six-year graduation rates, make sure that
these students who matriculate get a

SEE STORY ON PAGE 10

Mark Leipsitz outside of one of the Art Deco-style apartment buildings he and
his wife, Kathy Makino-Leipsitz, renovated in Palmer Park

ans of Art Deco, which flourished
from the 1920s until the start
of World War II, often collect
furnishings, art objects, clothing or even
cars. Mark Leipsitz and his wife, Kathy
Makino-Leipsitz, collect vintage apartment
buildings.
They own Art Deco-style buildings in
the New Center and Jefferson-Chalmers
areas and in Palmer Park, a triangle-
shaped neighborhood of 55 apartment
buildings northwest of McNichols and
Woodward adjacent to the park.
Leipsitz, 58, and his wife, 54, met at the
DeMaria Building Company in Detroit,
where she was overseeing the construction
of a senior residential project for which he
was the general contractor.
Leipsitz had worked for DeMaria for
20 years, rising to become vice presi-
dent of construction. His first apartment
building was the Teitel Jewish Federation
Apartments in Oak Park.
Leipsitz and Makino-Leipsitz fell in love
with each other and with Detroit's Art
Deco apartment buildings constructed
in the 1920s and 1930s. They married in
2004. Together they own two companies,

CONTINUED ON PAGE 8

HOLIDAY STORIES:

Covering and
Connecting
Jewish Detroit
Eve y Week

• 'Seventh Year Wake-Up Call' ... page 42

• App To Scapegoat Sins ... page 46

• First-time Fasters ... page 48

• No Leather Allowed ... page 50