Monday, June 14, 1999 - The Michigan Daily - 3
HOME IMPROVEMENT
Hitonal society preserves homes
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By Phil Bansal The Kellogg-Warden house, which dates back
Daily Staff Reporter to 1835, before Michigan became a state, stood
Ann Arbor's Wall Street is a tale of two cities. in the way of a parking lot the University was
Hunched along the black-topped street lined with planning on creating.
*parking meters squats the small, two-story But the Washtenaw County Historical Society
Summer-Hicks house, which dates back a centu- bought it from the University and with help from
ry and a half to 1848. the niersity and many volunteers, moved the
In the past, whenever home to 500 North
the University wanted to tr t A Main Street. The
expand, it bought the WCHS then spent
buildings occupying omeoneM niney rm renovatittg
desired sites, despite any the home and turning
historical value the build- 5i ttintoa museumof
ings may have had. "'mcounty life, display-
According to Ann - Hank Bayer ing fashions, cook-
Arbor Historic PreservationU ware and other arti-
Coordinator Louisa Peiper, University Associate Vice facts of the past,
the University's repeated President for Facilities WCHS hopes to open
buying and demolishing of the museum to the
homes that stood on possible building sites, "has public in September.
been pretty bad." This compromise of preserving the home by
Peiper said that, "Wall Street is just plain gone. moving it away has become the University's new
It used to be a viable street...and there's nothing policy when it comes to expanding onto sites
there anymore. I don't think whole neighbor- already occupied by old homes.
hoods should be swallowed up like that." University Associate Vice President for
Ann Arbor resident Sue LeClair's mother Facilities Hank Bayer said the University alerts
lives in the Summer-Hicks house on Wall the community by running an advertisement
Street, the same house she was born in 98 when homes are scheduled for demolition.
years ago. LeClair can stand on her patio and "We try to find someone interested in mov-
point across the street at a parking lot and point ing the house - some homes have a value.
out where the demolished or removed houses They're worth moving," Bayer said adding that
stood. What she can't do is say why the homes the cost of moving and fixing up some homes
were demolished. She figures the University is substantial.
must have had some reason. History Prof. John Manvil said he considers
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The Nathan-Burnham house, which dates back to 1837, was moved January 1998 to the
Arboretum. The house is scheduled to be used for School of Natural Resource classes.
any compromise between preservationists and
those who want to build new structures "the best
solution" to "an age-old problem."
Because the University has the right to demol-
ish its own property, and sells its unwanted prop-
erty to the lowest bidder, Marwil said the
University is "making a good faith effort" for a
tricky situation.
The Nathan-Burnham house, dating back to
1837 and scheduled for destruction, may prove to
be a successful example of the compromise.
Moved in January 1998 to the Washington
Heights entrance of Nichols Arboretum, the
house has undergone modern renovations. It is
now a yellow-cream brick two-story house that
sits atop a knoll beside an expansive peony gar-
den. Students in the School of Natural Resources
will use it as a nearby classroom for their studies
of the Arb.
Visitors will find in it a museum highlighting
the Arb's history and an information center for
the Arb's 123 acres of flora and fauna.
Multicultural Food and Arts Fest
$rovides taste of diverse cuisine
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By Sana Danish1
Daily Staff Reporter
If variety is the spice of life, then the
seventh annual Multicultural Food and
Arts Fest truly heated things up on
Palmer Field last Thursday.
The Fest, which included food, arts
9d crafts displays and live entertain-
ment, celebrated diversity within the
University community.
Bruce Donald,.Food and Arts Fest co-
chair, said the Fest takes a unique
approach to sharing cultures.
"The event brings out the communi-
ty's diversity through the things we have
in common, such as food, music and
art," he said.
Food at the Fest treated the senses,
including specialties such as Greek
#atballs, salsa verde and tabbouleh.
Recipes placed alongside the food
items ensured that Fest participants would
be able to reproduce their favorites.
University alumna Jo Ann Morgan
said she heard about the Fest from a
friend and decided to come and try out
the food. "I think the angel food cake
with rhubarb sauce was the best,
although there wasn't a lot left when I
rived," she said.
Apollos Bulo, a staff development
specialist at Plant Building Services,
prepared African soup for the Fest.
Based on a Nigerian recipe dating back
as far as the sixteenth century, the soup
was a popular item.
"It's one of the best things here;" said
Bulo. "It ran out pretty fast"
The event started seven years ago as
a lunch exchange program at Plant
Building Services. Employees brought
in dishes representative of their differ-
ent cultures, as a way to encourage dis-
cussions regarding diversity. Each year,
more organizations joined, until this
summer, when the event opened to the
entire University community.
Deborah Orlowski, of the Human
Resources and Affirmative Action
office, said the Fest provides an oppor-
tunity for interaction between different
people at the University "There are
many events celebrating diversity on
campus for faculty, for staff and for stu-
dents. But not many bring all three
together like the Fest does," she said.
One of the Fest s sponsors was the
University Library. Renoir Gaither, a
Public Service Librarian at the Shapiro
Undergraduate Library explained that
the Library chose to participate event
though the "Library system already has
many diversity related initiatives, such
as the Library Diversity Celebration."
"The Multicultural Food and Arts
Fest is a way for us to collaborate with
others outside University Library on
diversity related issues," he said.
But the Fest didn't just provide a taste 1
of different cultures. Two stages of live I
entertainment included professional
Latin dancers and Bichini Bia Conga
Drummers. There were swashbuckling
sword fight demonstrations by Ring ofI
Steel, a student theatrical combat
group, as well as a juggling act, and a
performance by the Business and
Finance Diversity choir.
Organizers said plans are already
under way for Multicultural Food and
Arts Fest 2000-
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