Bob DeBona writes that his whole family loves “searching for the I Spy around town.” In December, it led them to “one of the entrances” of a new U-M building.
Michael Ferguson identifies it as “South Hall,” while Dave Bicknell describes it simply as the “new Law School academic building.” It “opened this fall on the corner of South State and Monroe streets,” relays Sally Collins. “For … students seeking a break,” Judy Avery adds, it’s “conveniently close to Dominick’s.”
“They did a nice job with the new construction,” comments Lesley Littman. Louisa Griffes concurs, noting that it “looks very similar to the original” Law Quad, thanks in part to using stone from the same quarries.
Pam Kittel points out that South Hall’s site was the 1906 Cutting Building, “before UM tore it down to ‘put up a parking lot'” in the early 1960s. Susan Wineberg, co-author of Historic Buildings, Ann Arbor, Michigan, calls it the city’s “first real apartment building,” adding that it was “named after its owner, John H. Cutting,” a clothier with a shop on Main Street. Griffes–citing a 2004 Observer article by Grace Shackman, describes it as “an elegant … building, where many of Ann Arbor’s elite made their residence.”
We received fifteen entries correctly identifying South Hall. Our random drawing winner is Robert Koernke. He’ll enjoy his $25 gift certificate at China Gate.
To enter this month’s contest, use the photo and clue on the back page of the January Observer to identify the scene, then follow the instructions at the bottom of the page.
