"Swallow City" Covered In Holes Drilled By Cliff Swallows - Arborview Blvd At Arbana, June 1941
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Ann Arbor News, July 22, 1973
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From Our Pictorial Archives. Ann Arbor 1941. It may be hard to picture this as a scene well inside the city of Ann Arbor, but it wasn't as far in when in the summer of 1941 developers were looking for good building areas for the housing boom destined to be delayed until after World War II. This area on the north side of Arborview Blvd. at the foot of Arbana (Ann Arbor's west side) was known for a time as "Swallow City" because of the flocks of cliff swallows that drilled holes as deep as three feet for their nests. Kids used to try to catch the birds by lying on the bank above and holding their caps over the holes. City Councilmen argued that it was an easy way to slip and make a quick descent to the bottom of the hill, suffering some broken bones in the process. The area now is much farther inside the city, somewhat leveled and covered with homes.
Ann Arbor News, July 22, 1973
Caption
From Our Pictorial Archives. Ann Arbor 1941. It may be hard to picture this as a scene well inside the city of Ann Arbor, but it wasn't as far in when in the summer of 1941 developers were looking for good building areas for the housing boom destined to be delayed until after World War II. This area on the north side of Arborview Blvd. at the foot of Arbana (Ann Arbor's west side) was known for a time as "Swallow City" because of the flocks of cliff swallows that drilled holes as deep as three feet for their nests. Kids used to try to catch the birds by lying on the bank above and holding their caps over the holes. City Councilmen argued that it was an easy way to slip and make a quick descent to the bottom of the hill, suffering some broken bones in the process. The area now is much farther inside the city, somewhat leveled and covered with homes.
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1941
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June
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