Q. Why does the U-M School of Natural Resources and the Environment have an address of 440 Church St., when it is located a block west, on what used to be East University?

A. East University between North University and South University was converted to a pedestrian mall in the 1980s. This landlocked four U-M buildings–the SNRE’s Dana Building, Randall Laboratory, East Hall, and the Dennison Building (now Weiser Hall).

In 2005, the city decided to switch those addresses to the closest parallel street, Church. It is probably not surprising to hear an SNRE employee report, “We struggle with this on a regular basis …”

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