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There Went The Neighborhood - Audio Interview: Mary Hinton-Branner

Sat, 08/10/2024 - 5:37pm

Mary Hinton-Branner attended Jones School in the 1950s, from kindergarten through sixth grade. She remembers going to the Dunbar Community Center and playing in the neighborhood with her eleven siblings. She recalls how the rise in public housing led to the gentrification of “The Old Neighborhood.”

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

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There Went The Neighborhood - State Theatre Interview: Diana McKnight-Morton

Tue, 08/06/2024 - 5:20pm

Diana McKnight-Morton was interviewed after a preliminary screening of the documentary film There Went The Neighborhood: The Closing of Jones School at the State Theatre on April 16, 2023. She describes her father’s business, DeLong’s Bar-B-Q, which operated across from the farmers’ market.

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

Ann Arbor Elks In Remodeled Pratt Lodge 322, September 1977 Photographer: Larry E. Wright

Ann Arbor Elks In Remodeled Pratt Lodge 322, September 1977 image

Year:
1977

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 30, 1977
Caption:
NEW LOOK -- Elks Pratt Lodge 322 at 220 Sunset Road is wearing a new look these days. The entire first floor has been remodeled with a new bar, new interior, reflective ceiling and booths, and lodge members (left to right) Jim Crawford, James Parker, Bob Jones and Herb Ellis find the results pleasing. But the improvements are not confined to the first floor. Other floors are being redecorated, landscaping is planned, and additional parking will be provided. The lodge also plans to expand its youth program. (News photo by Larry E. Wright)