Earl V. Moore protests plan to cut down tree in front of UM Music School, October 1951 Photographer: Eck Stanger
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1951
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Ann Arbor News, April 24, 1973
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From Our Pictorial Archives, Ann Arbor 1941 (published April 24, 1973): If you thought environmental concerns started in the 1960's you might be right about some places, but not Ann Arbor. Ann Arbor was fighting over preservation of trees at least as far back as 1951. Music School Dean Earl V. Moore (left) seems to be saying: "How could anyone want to cut down such a magnificent tree?" And Music School Secretary James B. Wallace (right) is in complete agreement. It was October 1951, and Music School officials were embroiled with city officials in one of the most dramatic Town and Gown confrontations in Ann Arbor history. The elm shaded the old Music School building on Maynard St., but its also narrowed the sidewalk and its roots kept growing into sewers along the street. The Board of Public Works ordered it destroyed, but Music School officials won a reprieve from the Parks Department with an "impassioned appeal." The City Council upheld the BPW in a 9-4 vote, and then Council President Cecil O. Creal, acting mayor in the absence of Mayor William E. Brown Jr., vetoed the council's action, saying that "in this day and age we're apt to be ruthless in our efforts to make progress." Later that fall the episode of the tree was dramatized in the half-time U-M band show at the Michigan-Northwestern game. Unfortunately the only tree on the east side of Maynard St. lived only a short time longer anyway, crowded as it was by concrete and utility lines. Jacobson's and the city's Maynard Street parking structure extension now occupy the area taken up by the Collins Shoppe, the University Press Building, Ann Arbor Press and the Music Building.
Ann Arbor News, April 24, 1973
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From Our Pictorial Archives, Ann Arbor 1941 (published April 24, 1973): If you thought environmental concerns started in the 1960's you might be right about some places, but not Ann Arbor. Ann Arbor was fighting over preservation of trees at least as far back as 1951. Music School Dean Earl V. Moore (left) seems to be saying: "How could anyone want to cut down such a magnificent tree?" And Music School Secretary James B. Wallace (right) is in complete agreement. It was October 1951, and Music School officials were embroiled with city officials in one of the most dramatic Town and Gown confrontations in Ann Arbor history. The elm shaded the old Music School building on Maynard St., but its also narrowed the sidewalk and its roots kept growing into sewers along the street. The Board of Public Works ordered it destroyed, but Music School officials won a reprieve from the Parks Department with an "impassioned appeal." The City Council upheld the BPW in a 9-4 vote, and then Council President Cecil O. Creal, acting mayor in the absence of Mayor William E. Brown Jr., vetoed the council's action, saying that "in this day and age we're apt to be ruthless in our efforts to make progress." Later that fall the episode of the tree was dramatized in the half-time U-M band show at the Michigan-Northwestern game. Unfortunately the only tree on the east side of Maynard St. lived only a short time longer anyway, crowded as it was by concrete and utility lines. Jacobson's and the city's Maynard Street parking structure extension now occupy the area taken up by the Collins Shoppe, the University Press Building, Ann Arbor Press and the Music Building.
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Old Canoe Livery Is Doomed
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1971
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Planting A Tree on the Courthouse Lawn, March 1938
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1938
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Ann Arbor News, March 25, 1938
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Spring Planting Troubles: Park department workmen yesterday backed their truck into a hole on the courthouse lawn intended for a new tree. The department has already started an extensive program of tree planting in the city.
Ann Arbor News, March 25, 1938
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Spring Planting Troubles: Park department workmen yesterday backed their truck into a hole on the courthouse lawn intended for a new tree. The department has already started an extensive program of tree planting in the city.
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Planting A Tree on the Courthouse Lawn, March 1938
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Spring Planting Troubles
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About $1 Million Willed City For Trees
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April
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1964
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West Park Ice Rinks Being Prepared for Skating Photographer: Duane Scheel
Year:
1965
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Ann Arbor News, January 14, 1965
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Ice Rinks Being Prepared: Work was in full swing again today at the city's ice rinks in an effort to have them prepared for weekend skating. So far this year the weather has severely curtailed use of the skating at the city facilities. Working at West Park is Ray Gibson (foreground), a Parks Department employee who lives at 627 Miller.
Ann Arbor News, January 14, 1965
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Ice Rinks Being Prepared: Work was in full swing again today at the city's ice rinks in an effort to have them prepared for weekend skating. So far this year the weather has severely curtailed use of the skating at the city facilities. Working at West Park is Ray Gibson (foreground), a Parks Department employee who lives at 627 Miller.
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Leaf Removal from West Park Pool
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1963
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Ann Arbor News, June 13, 1963
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Signs of Summer: City workmen are removing leaves from the two municipal wading pools at West Park (shown here) and Burns Park in preparation for the summer season of the Recreation Department. The program, opening next Monday, will include supervised play periods in the pools which are equipped with shower-type sprays. Leaves shown being removed by tractor-mounted scoop and dump trucks are intentionally packed in the concrete pools to prevent cracking from freezing during the winter. The pools are favorite spots for many youngsters.
Ann Arbor News, June 13, 1963
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Signs of Summer: City workmen are removing leaves from the two municipal wading pools at West Park (shown here) and Burns Park in preparation for the summer season of the Recreation Department. The program, opening next Monday, will include supervised play periods in the pools which are equipped with shower-type sprays. Leaves shown being removed by tractor-mounted scoop and dump trucks are intentionally packed in the concrete pools to prevent cracking from freezing during the winter. The pools are favorite spots for many youngsters.
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Dean Fund Committee Seeks Input
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November
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1975
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