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Crisler Center (formerly known as the University Events Building and Crisler Arena) is an indoor arena located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It is the home arena for the University of Michigan's men's and women's basketball teams as well as its women's gymnastics team. [3] Constructed in 1967, the arena seats 12,707 spectators.
The Ann Arbor Land Company gifted the fledgling University of Michigan forty acres of land at this spot in the late 1830s. The university accepted, and in 1840, the first four buildings, residences for faculty, were constructed. A dormitory/classroom building was soon added, and classes began on campus in 1841.
Main Street in Ann Arbor c. 1908 President Grover Cleveland at the Ann Arbor station in 1892, with a crowd that included Mayor William Doty and University President James B. Angell. Since the university's establishment in the city in 1837, the histories of the University of Michigan and Ann Arbor have been closely linked. [26]
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.
Stefan T. Vail Cooperative House is located at 602 Lawrence Street, and was founded in 1960. The house proper was constructed in 1848, [14] and is a recognized as a historic building by the city of Ann Arbor. Vail Cooperative houses 23 residents and cooks vegetarian and vegan meals while maintaining a theme of sustainability.
The residence is one of three all-female residence halls on campus. Originally built for approximately 110 young women, more than 140 first-year students to graduates now live in the building. [ 2 ] Martha Cook has many unique traditions, including weekly teas on Fridays. [ 3 ]
Tower Plaza was first proposed in 1965, amidst a period of growth in Ann Arbor. Its site on William Street is located between the University of Michigan's Central Campus and downtown Ann Arbor. Its developer, John C. "Jack" Stegeman, had completed the 11-story Maynard House across the street years earlier.
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.