Fifty Years at Bivouac
On October 9th, I am celebrating my 50th year of business in Ann Arbor. I will semi-retired and my...
Read MoreOct 5, 2021 | Marketplace |
On October 9th, I am celebrating my 50th year of business in Ann Arbor. I will semi-retired and my...
Read MoreSep 20, 2021 | Real Estate |
“There’s a market for finer finishes and amenities even in traditionally middle-class neighborhoods. On this month’s map, 2740 Manchester sold for $513,230, or $78,230 over its asking price of $435,000. It was the...
Read MoreSep 19, 2021 | Marketplace |
The sign on the door of Vault of Midnight is blunt: “Masks Required.” Its neighbor...
Read MoreSep 17, 2021 | Marketplace |
In the parking lot at the corner of Liberty and Maple, three bins vie for clothing donations. One...
Read MoreSep 17, 2021 | Marketplace, Restaurant Reviews |
Not to overstate the obvious, but, like most, I’ve missed eating out this last year and a...
Read MoreSep 17, 2021 | Community, My Neighborhood, Real Estate |
“For more than twenty years, we lived in a house off Newport Creek that was more than 3,000...
Read MoreSep 16, 2021 | Marketplace |
We received 169 entries correctly identifying Deem Anvils on page 41 of the September issue. This...
Read MoreSep 15, 2021 | Marketplace |
WSG Gallery has a nomadic history. The initials originally stood for Washington St. Gallery, the...
Read MoreSep 15, 2021 | Marketplace |
With WSG gone from Main St., an even more colorful tenant has taken its spot. In August, Tom and...
Read MoreSep 15, 2021 | Marketplace |
In the Courtyard Shops, another business exchange has taken place: Shaun Manning and Truly Render...
Read MoreSep 15, 2021 | Marketplace |
Qmin, on East Liberty, is an Indian-Asian fusion spot that describes itself as “the bridge between flavors and experiences, the old and the new, and most importantly, people and food.” The restaurant didn’t...
Read MoreSep 15, 2021 | Marketplace |
Lan City Noodles, the Washtenaw Ave. spot in Ypsilanti known for hand-made noodles and other dishes from Lanzhou, China, has opened a second location on South University. The restaurant has taken over the University Towers spot...
Read MoreSep 15, 2021 | Marketplace |
Shoppers at Briarwood this summer may have noticed that Macy’s second floor was under construction, and wondered what was transpiring.That floor has now been transformed into a Macy’s Backstage outlet, selling...
Read MoreSep 15, 2021 | Marketplace |
Vacant stores weigh on malls a little less heavily this time of year: Halloween City is back at Arborland through October, in the former Arhaus location. As in past years, it is selling costumes, decorations, accessories, and...
Read MoreSep 15, 2021 | Marketplace |
A generation or so ago, Abercrombie & Fitch ranked as one of the coolest places for teens and twenty-somethings to shop. Founded in Manhattan in 1892, it was originally an elite seller of sporting goods and apparel, whose...
Read MoreSep 15, 2021 | Community, My Neighborhood, Real Estate |
In 1965, when Toronto-born Esther Rubin and her husband moved into Colonial Square, a cooperative...
Read MoreSep 14, 2021 | Community, My Neighborhood, Real Estate |
Robert Glassman remembers the year he met Jennie Lieberman: it was 2003, and soon they were...
Read MoreSep 13, 2021 | Community, My Neighborhood, Real Estate |
Vernon Downs, the 411-home subdivision on the city’s far west side south of Stadium and...
Read MoreSep 11, 2021 | Real Estate |
There are 298 homes on this month’s map, up from 228 in July 2020. That’s partly because we’re casting a wider net this year: in January, we started going back to capture property transfers that missed the...
Read MoreSep 9, 2021 | Marketplace, My Neighborhood, Real Estate |
Realtors reported selling 1,349 single-family homes in the Ann Arbor School District between June...
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