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The Ann Arbor District Library (AADL) is a public library system that serves the residents of the Ann Arbor, Michigan school district. The Downtown Library, located at 343 South Fifth Avenue, was dedicated in 1957 and had building additions in 1974 and 1991. AADL also includes four branch libraries: Malletts Creek, Traverwood, Pittsfield, and ...
With over 120 parade floats and displays, the Ameren Missouri Thanksgiving Day Parade in downtown St. Louis returns for its 40th year on Thursday. St. Louis Thanksgiving Day Parade returns for ...
In 2019, 36% of trips in Ann Arbor were taken by walking, biking or transit. [13] In 2020, the city introduced a Healthy Streets program to encourage non-motorized transportation. [14] Between 2019 and 2022 Ann Arbor's Downtown Development Authority built four two-way protected bikeways downtown. [15]
The Blake Transit Center (BTC) is a major public transit station in downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan. It is the main hub for TheRide, serving as the terminus and transfer point for 17 Ann Arbor-based routes in the system's hub-and-spoke bus network. [1] It also serves as a transfer point for multiple intercity bus services.
In 1865, Ira Divoll, the superintendent of the St. Louis Public School system, created a subscription library in the public school library that would later evolve into the St. Louis Public Library. Divoll believed that a library should work in tandem with the public education system and offer citizens an opportunity for self-improvement and ...
Because of its central location within downtown St. Louis, the plaza is often host to public events including outdoor free movies and a winter festival. [8] It is often used as a rallying point for demonstrations and protest marches. East of Kiener Plaza is the Old Courthouse and Gateway Arch National Park.
Ann Arbor is the setting for much of the film The Four Corners of Nowhere (1995), as well as The Five-Year Engagement (2012). Parts of the film Jumper (2008) are set in Ann Arbor, using both footage shot locally and footage using Peterborough, Ontario as an Ann Arbor stand-in. Ann Arbor is also frequently mentioned in the television series Lost.
Working closely with Lucy Ball, Grand Rapids Public Library, they awakened statewide interest and arranged the first Michigan meeting in Detroit, September 1, 1891. Thirty-seven members attended, elected a slate of five officers and printed their original 40-line constitution on a 3-inch by 6-inch card. Mr. Utley became the association's first ...