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Longtime Ann Street Businesses Close, June 1977 Photographer: Robert Chase

Longtime Ann Street Businesses Close, June 1977 image

Year:
1977

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, June 29, 1977
Caption:
Renovation Could Reopen These Closed E. Ann St. Buildings

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Closure of the Derby Bar and J & T Billiards, June 1977 Photographer: Robert Chase

Closure of the Derby Bar and J & T Billiards, June 1977 image

Year:
1977

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Ann Street Block's Future Is Uncertain, June 1977 Photographer: Robert Chase

Ann Street Block's Future Is Uncertain, June 1977 image

Year:
1977

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Old Sign For Keaton's Recreation Hall on Ann Street, June 1977 Photographer: Robert Chase

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Year:
1977

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Media

There Went The Neighborhood - Audio Interview: Diana McKnight-Morton

Fri, 03/03/2023 - 5:11pm

Diana McKnight-Morton attended Jones School as an elementary student in the 1950s. She remembers growing up in a multi-racial, industrial neighborhood that resisted urban renewal. Her father, Robert Thompson, ran DeLong’s Bar-B-Q Pit on Detroit Street for 38 years.

More interviews are available in the There Went The Neighborhood Interview Archive.