Talk:Ann Arbor, Michigan/Archive 1

message: I am in the process of expanding this article. However, is there a way of doing so without always having to mention the Univesity of Michigan? Thanks. Pentawing 02:40, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too much on U-M??? 

message: *I almost forgot, but is there someone who is very knowledgeable about the city's government and be willing to add that section? Pentawing 06:02, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  City government section 

message: *The large pharmaceutical research facility on the northeast side of town is currently part of Pfizer - it was previously part of Warner-Lambert and before that was part of Parke-Davis.  
: Since Warner-Lambert bought Parke-Davis and then Pfizer bought Warner-Lambert, the wording in this part of the article seems odd--almost as if one company moved out and another moved in. It's the same operation it always has been, just with different owners.
* Domino's Pizza's headquarters are in Ann Arbor.
* The original Borders Bookstore was in Ann Arbor, and the chain is still based there. 
*Ann Arbor Terminals, during the 1980s, the manufacturer of the famous video display terminal the Ann Arbor Ambassador, http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/408/1986/2/0/2153845/
*Bendix Aerospace (do they still exist?)
*ProQuest, including UMI
*Arbortext, a provider of XML-based publishing software
*Harris&Baseview, a provider of newspaper publishing software and ASP services
*Ann Arbor is home to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory
*Toyota Technical Center
* Another company that has had a big impact is ERIM (now Veridian).
* Well-known web things housed/headquartered in Ann Arbor include the All Music Guide, the Weather Underground and Everything2. Any interest in including such things? —rodii 18:17, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Economy and Industry 

message: two changes in events;
1- there are now five different juried art fairs held during the 'Ann Arbor Art Fair'.  I do not know all their official names, but here is a list of what I know
     a- held by the State Street Merchants Association, don't know official name
     b- held by the Michigan Guild, don't know official name
     c- held by the South University Street Merchants Association, name unkown
     d- the original fair that started it all, no names, but its held on Thayer and North University area, by the clock tower
     e- official name 'Kings Chosen'
I also added the text "many other artists and retail booths anywhere they can rent some space."  
Well, writing this art fair starts in 3 days, so I may get my facts straight during that time.
2- added the Ann Arbor Shopping Cart Race, will work on getting more details.
:*a- State Street Art Fair
:*b- The Guild Summer Art Fair
:*c- (Ann Arbor's) South University Art Fair
:*d- Ann Arbor Street Art Fair
:*e- King's Chosen Art Fair is not considered to be one of the four Art Fairs---it's only very loosely juried, and on private land next to, but not in, the major traffic area.
:Juicy 17:51, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  two changes to Events 

message: Hey everyone. This article is looking pretty nice. The "History" section is getting long enough that it would be a good idea to have sub-headings. Anyone want to take a stab at that? Maybe some of the stuff briefly listed under "History" also deserves separate, longer articles; for example: 1.) the Ann Arbor greenbelt could be a good article of its own, including past (failed) attempts to enact one, the intense debate leading up to the referendum, related debates on downtown density, etc. 2.) the "Free John Sinclair" 1971 concert/rally could perhaps get its own article, too. Ropcat 05:31, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Additions and "History" subheadings

message: I think the last edit mentioning heavy snow and lake effect is wrong. Lake effect is mostly on land masses that are to the east of bodies of water so the prevailing easterly winds bring the snow to them. This happens all along the west side of Michigan and Cleveland, Buffalo for ex, but not Ann Arbor, Detroit, etc. Ann Arbor gets much less snow than the west side of the state or even Lansing typically. I don't have a source for that at hand, but I wonder where the info in the article came from. I didn't want to revert though. Sorry to be a spectator, but you're doing a great job overall. I also think the history section is too long for an overview article of a city, especially if your goal is to be a FA. - Taxman Talk 03:47, August 18, 2005 (UTC)
*I found that information at the following: www.michiganvacations.com/regions/Ann-Arbor-Michigan.html. Now that you mention it, I'm not sure about it, but you could check on the website and note your opinion on it. Otherwise, I will remove the lake effect notation. Pentawing 04:27, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lake effect snow? 

message: I added some information about topography by looking at a map from topozone.com. However, I need someone to look over my numbers to ensure that they are indeed correct. Thanks. Pentawing 18:56, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  City topography 

message: What does this mean? "The painting of Ann Arbor fire hydrants is decentralized." Is it meaning to say that there's no one, central authority in charge of painting them? Ropcat 21:44, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Captions

message: Should we be using "state capital" or "state capitol" in the history section? On the one hand, Ann Arbor was vying to become the capital (city), but on the other hand, the sentence in question is referring specifically to land set aside for the construction of a capitol (building). Ropcat 01:46, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I changed the notation to "capitol" since the wording implies a building rather than the entire city. Pentawing 20:58, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  State capital