Monday, June 14, 1999 - The Michigan Daily - 3 HOME IMPROVEMENT Hitonal society preserves homes Bys Phi Bansa TleKllg-adeos,.hc atshc 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 . ? 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 g 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. 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