Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 16, 1984
Caption:
SAVING THE BRICKS - Brick mason Roger Smith uses patience and skill to fit old street brick back into the surface of North Fourth Avenue near the Farmer's Market. Smith, of Margolis Nursery in Ypsilanti, is working on the Downtown Development Authority's pedestrian improvement project. The work will widen the sidewalk area on Fourth Avenue, add drop off spaces in front of the Farmer's Market, install benches and special light fixtures and make Detroit Street one-way north in the block opposite the Farmer's Market which will result in added parking spaces. The project, which began last week, is scheduled to be done in about 45 days, before the wintry weather takes over. The bricks which Smith is refitting were removed from the street so that new curbs could be built.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 30, 1977
Caption:
Calvert Bros. excavating employees Jesse Campbell, right, and foreman Marvin Baker set forms for sidewalks and gutters on N. Fourth Avenue. Minority contractors hope to get a bigger slice of the public contract pie in the wake of new federal rules mandating a 10 per cent share of work on federally-funded building projects.