Page 56-Thursday, September 7, 1978-The Michigan Daily
nn Arbor:
to see, places to be
The living is easy in A2
parks
Daily Photo by JOHN KNOX
A thick blanket of snow envelops the Arb lending it to winter sports like cross-country skiing and traying.
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By RENE BECKER another Ann Arbor landmark -- the local color at once is the
Few towns the size of Ann Ar- Drake's Sandwich Shop. Farmer's Market on Fourth Ave.
bor can equal its variety of Established in 1924, Drake's has and Kingston Rd.
stores, saloons and restaurants. changed hands only once, but Next to the Farmer's Market is
And anyone who spends time in, that didn't change anything. It's Kerry Town I and II. Kerry Town
the city soon develops a list of still the same place it was in 1924 I is a collection of markets under
E .favorite places be they bars, out - a sweet shop specializing in ice one roof which offers, year round,
of the way cafes or secluded out-. cream, baked goods, limeade and the best selection of fruits and
door spots. a vast assortment of candy. vegetables in Ann Arbor. It also
Although individual tastes of- Dining at Drake's can be quite carries imported and domestic
ten determine where one chooses an experience if you take your cheeses in addition to the finest
to retreat from the woes of sweets upstairs to the "Martian cheesecake, fresh fish, and both
academia, over the years, Room" which features an Nova Scotia and Scotch smoke
students have established a num- authentic Tom Swift decor. salmon, unavailable most
ber of popular spots where they BEFORE LEAVING the State everywhere in the Detroit area.
can mix with real people (town- St. area, note Border's, the KERRY TOWN II is a pot-
speople) or simply get down and ,
get dirty far from the eyes andI
ears Wf concerned parents. There '
are many places in Ann Arbor (a " 16
city where smoking dope costs $5
if you're caught) to break loose.
Here is a sampling:
IT MIGHT be wise to start off " -4
with an overview of the situation#
- from a carrel window on the
sixth floor of the Graduate
Library's south wing. Besides
catching a panoramic view of M
Ann Arbor in its pastoral setting, r
University landmarks such as,
Crisler Arena, Michigan Stadium
andYost Field House are easily
identified.
Once you've had a pleasant
valley Sunday view of Ann Arbor,
vlledi nta ffe of AntnAbor,
I
By BRIAN BLANCHARD
The murky, narrow Huron River is
the only water for miles and Ann Arbor
is a fairly flat city. Yet it does have its
areas of open green space where
students can retreat to sit in the shade
or toss a frisbee.
The most familiar outdoor haven is
the grassy square in the middle of cam-
pus known as the Diag. Long inhabited
by guitar strummers and sunbathers,
this hub of University traffic is best
suited for relaxing in the early fall and
spring before midterms or finals drive
students into the nearby Graduate
Library.
BUT BEYOND the Diag, Ann Arbor
offers an array of parks and recreation
areas which provide a bit more of an
escape from campus concerns.
Because of its prime location and size,
the next most popular fresh-air spot is
Nichol's Arboretum, or "The Arb."
The Arb is a hilly area running from
Geddes Road down to the Huron River
along the east side of campus. It's not
hard to lose yourself amongst the Arb's
dense trees and there is even some
evidence of fish darting in the winding
e points,
every night until 1:00 p.m. ButX
the latest, outside of the all-night
Krogers, is the Beer Depot
located just off Fourth Ave. on
William, which is open until 2:0
a.m.
FOURTH AVE. is generally
considered Ann Arbor's center
for vice. What with the Adult
News Bookstore, the Velvet
Touch and the hangout for the
majority of the city's prostitutes
(a handful at most), a late night
romp down Fourth can be an
education in itself.
Only one block east of Fourth
Ave. is Main St., the celebrated
boulevard in the Bob Seger song
of the same name. Seger, by the
way, is a local Ann Arbor boy.
The section of the city which bor-
ders Main St. offers Ann Arbor's
best and widest range of saloons.
Thus it has been nicknamed "the
bar district."
The bars in this area are
generally frequented by older
students or locals. Mr. Flood's
Party, with its staggering collec-
tion of stained glass and giant
moose heads, caters to those who
stomp their feet to blues, country
or bluegrass music. Most people
are acquainted with places where
the patrons get drunk and fall
down. At Flood's you fall down
and then get drunk.
OTHER BAR district notables
include the Blind Pig, serving the
best espresso in town, and the Del
Rio (the Del) where low lights
and candles provoke an intimate
atmosphere. Across the street
from the Del is the Earle which
features live jazz most days of
the week and is probably Ann Ar-_
bor's most sophisticated night
spot.
Ann Arbor has a lot more to of-
fer and it would be impossible, if
not unwise, to list all the more-
than-interesting spots in the city,
simply because half the fun is
finding them yourself.
river. In the winter, the Arb becomes
the very cheapest of winter sports
resorts-a spot where students have
whizzed down icy slopes on stolen
cafeteria trays for years.
Delhi and Huron-Dexter parks,
although farther. from home, are also
favorite spots among students who wish
to leave the blaring stereos behind for
awhile. It'll take quite a bike-hike to get
to either of these parks, but the pic-
turesque ride along the river to these
spacious retreats makes the slightly
exhausting journey worth it. Delhi, by
the way, seems to be a hot spot for local
teenage couples.
BUT IF YOU'RE not up to a long trip
before your brief repose, there's always
Palmer Field, located on the Hill area
of campus. Srrounded by Couzens,
Alice Lloyd, Mosher-Jordan and
Stockwell dorms, Palmer Field offers a
quarter-mile track for runners, tennis
courts and open spaces for a variety of
outside sports, including baseball or
football. There are also campus athletic
fields just off State St. near the
stadium.
You don't have to be a botany major
to enjoy the floral beauty or a picnic in
the University Botanical Gardens. The
lush green retreat requires a bicycle
ride out on Plymouth Road to the
northeast until you come to Dixboro
Road.
Yet another city park, whose most
prominent feature is that it is located on
the fork of the Huron River, is Gallup
Park. Located on Geddes Road next to
the Arb, this new recreation area is
treeless, but usually uncrowded.
FULLER ROAD is another spot
where conscientious students can take
a breather. Located on Fuller Road
behind the Medical Center, this refuge
offers a golf course, swimming pool,
tennis courts, a hilly bicycle path and
accompanying fields widely used for
kite flying and various sporting events.
There are two other parks which lie in
residential areas of Ann Arbor. Burns
Park, which is bordered by, of all
things, Burns Park Elementary school,
is actually a huge playground for both
big and not-so-big kids.
The most notable features of the
park are its swings and a large mound
which is used for sledding and King of
the Castle games. After the tem-
peratures drop below freezing, city
firefighters flood the park's northeast
corner, transforming it into a giant
skating rink.
FINALLY THERE is Veteran's
Park, boasting five baseball diamonds.
This residential park is bounded by
Jackson, Dexter and Maple Roads with
Maple Village Shopping Center right
across the street. Veteran's Park also
has a pool, and an indoor ice skating
rink. It, too, has a hill for sledding.
So drag yourself away from your
calculus or psych and visit one of these
natural hideaways. If, you don't take a
break you probably won't get anything
done anyway-or so the rationale goes.
move urecuy oi campusLO tawe
St. between N. University and E.
Liberty. In this hodge-podge of
emporiums you will find Nickels
Arcade, an enclosed mall of-
fering a variety of shops in-
cluding the closest post office to
campus.
4WHEN YOU'RE in the arcade
during the day you will probably
see Alvin Neff, the magazine
vendor. Neff has been holding
down that spot'since 1942 and has
only missed one week of work in
all those years. Despite the
length of his service, Neff has no
plans for immediate retirement.
Right across State St. is
Daily Photo by ANDY FREEBERG
Thirsty late-night shoppers pull through the Beer Depot.
largest bookstore in the midwest
and one of the very best in the
country. If a course book can't be
found at the 'U' Cellar, Ulrich's
or Follett's there is a good chance
it's at Border's (if you get there
first).
Moving still further from cam-
pus, you begin to encounter nor-
mal people - those who don't go
to school - ranging from local
Ann Arborites, neighboring Yp-
silanti folk and a group of seamy
characters known as "street
people." The place to catch all
pourri of specialty shops in-
cluding one of metropolitan
Detroit's best, kitchen supply
stores and a shop featuring bath
accessories.
There are two rules to follow
when planning a trip to Kerry
Town: Don't go hungry and take
a lot of money.
The Farmer's Market area,
surrounded by cobblestone
streets like much of old Ann Ar-
bor, garners one of the city's late-
night beer and wine stores, the
Beer Vault, a drive-in affair open
City-folk hustle among the bushels at the Farmer's Market.
Getting the goods
at Farmer's Market
Down on
Main Street
By SUE WARNER
It usually takes them awhile, but
sooner or later most students wander
off campus and stumble onto Main
Street.
There is really no reason to go to
Main Street. Any basic commodity or
entertainment can be found closer to
campus. Yet although the three block
strip has nothing terribly outstanding
to offer students, the stores, restauran-
ts and people found on Main Street
provide a fresh glimpse of reality for
those who spend the greater part of
their lives within the confines of
academia.
TAKE FOR INSTANCE B. E.
Muehlig Inc., a quaint little dry goods
store complete with polished wooden
floors and a pulley system that carries
cash from several locations throughout
the store to a central cash register in
the mezzanine (yes, there's even a
seen going about their business on Main
Street.
REMINISCENT OF a thousand other
main streets in a thousand other towns,
Ann Arbor's Main Street offers the
typical architectural hodgepodge.
From the slick smoked glass of the Ann
Arbor Bank and Trust building to the
Central Cafe's bus depot appearance,
the office buildings and stores run the
gamut from well-restored 1920s class to
early 1950s decrepit.
Main Street's charm and personality
lie in its buildings' old age. In recent
years, the city and private businesses
have been working to restore the
buildings to preserve their rich charac-
ter.
Everything on Main Street is on a
smaller scale than the main drags of
cities like New York, Detroit or even
Southfield. For example, Main Street
gets one police patrol car and it even
By ELISA ISAACSON
Thereis a generous cross-section of
the Ann Arbor community up and'
milling about Saturday mornings
amidst bushels of ripe fruits and
vegetables, tantalizing, freshly-baked
goodies and jungles of potted plants and
flower bouquets at the Farmer's
Market.
The shoppers seem to be out
amazingly early for a weekend mor-
ning, but before the crack of dawn, the
farmers who pack this communal pic-
nic basket have hauled their wares
from nearby farms and villages to the
open-air market at Fifth Avenue and
Detroit Street.
THE LUSCIOUS offerings vary with
the seasons-as the weather changes,
so do the farmer's wares. In the fall, the
specialty is apples, of .every shape and
form. You can buy them by the box, by
the bag, baked into' pies or apple-nut
bread. If you're lucky, one of the frien-
dly farmers will offer you a taste of his
thick, cloudy cider.
Fat orange pumpkins and long, curly
gourds decorate the tables. Autumn
also brings out dried wheat and corn
stalks to be bought for decorative table
centerpieces.
In the winter, the amount of goodies
dwindles a bit, with only baked
pastries, knitted novelties such as
children's finger puppets and winter
fruits being the prevalent items. Baby
never find at your local florist's.
The Farmer's Market features some
pieces of merchandise that never
change with the seasons.hAll year
round, potters sit cross-legged by their
shelves lined with bowls, mugs and
vases. Jewelers spread their trinkets
invitingly on blue velvet cloths.
Young, anxious-looking kids huddle
by crates of their pets' latest litters.
Even more anxious-looking puppies
and kittens poke their faces out of their
temporary abodes. Shoppers pause and
idly fondle the animals while children
glance up at their parents in hopes of
acquiring a new friend. But all too often
the owner will leave the market with
the same number of pets he or she had
at the beginning of the morning.
It seems that many shoppers go to the
Farmer's Market for its fresh produce
and interesting atmosphere. The hard-
working farmers trying to sell their
wares and the hopping hustle and bustle
create its unique atmosphere.
After walking through the Farmer's
Market, most shoppers stroll over to
Kerrytown, a charming little indoor
mall. This offspring of the Farmer's
Market has its own tiny market and
also features an abundance of little
specialty stores. The selection of items
range from antique lanterns to wicker
goods, candles, fancy knick-knacks and
much more.
The market is separated from the
tiny shops and the entire place radiates
with n email-wlVd glow- Prices do varv
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