Choose a subject below to start exploring Ann Arbor Observer: Then & Now.

	Agriculture & Gardening

Weinberg's Peony Garden (June 1984)
The 1940 Garden Show (April 1991)
The Tuomy Farm (June 1991)
Vivienne Farm (October 1995)
Scott Kunst (November 1995)
The Farmer's Market Bounces Back (July 1998)
Saline Valley Farms (August 1989)
The Botanical Gardens on Iroquois (May 2001)
Reinventing the Farmer's Market (August 2004)
Chelsea Farmer's Supply (Community Observer, Summer 2006)

	Architecture & Buildings

Ann Arbor Central Mills (April 1982)
Weinberg's Coliseum (February 1983)
Ann Arbor's Steel Houses (March 1989)
The Three Lives of 1830 Washtenaw (June 1989)
Cobblestone Houses in Washtenaw County (September 1989)
The Unitarians' Creative Reuse of 1917 Washtenaw (October 1989)
417 Detroit St., by Grace Shackman (January 1990)
The Remarkable History of the Kempf House (May 1990)
Behind the Facade (March 1991)
The Kelsey's Stone Castle (March 1992)
Ann Arbor's First Skyscraper (April 1992)
The First National Building (September 1992)
The Country Estate of Christian Eberbach (January 1994)
The Historic Bell Road Bridge (September 1995)
The Earhart Mansion (June 1997)
Alden Dow's Ann Arbor (August 1998)
Michigan League (September 1999)
109 East Madison (January 2000)
Frank Lloyd Wright in Ann Arbor (April 2002)
Ann Arbor's Oldest Apartments (January 2004)
David Byrd Chapel (December 2004)
The George Matthew Adams House (Community Observer, Summer 2007)
Living Well at Observatory Lodge (April 2008)
The Many Lives of 210 E. Huron (October 2008)
Herman Bock, Decorator (March 2009)
Bridge to the 19th Century (Community Observer, Spring 2009)

	Business & Industry

Ann Arbor Central Mills, by Grace Shackman (April 1982)
Mack & Company: The Nieman-Marcus of Ann Arbor, by Grace Shackman (April 1982)
Walker Carriage Company/Ann Arbor Art Association, by Grace Shackman and Mary Hunt (December 1982)
The Rise and Transformation of American Broach (May 1989)
Arnet's and the Sepulchral Monument Industry (November 1989)
Fiegel's Men's Store (December 1989)
The Artificial Ice Company (February 1990)
The Unsinkable Mayor Brown (May 1990)
Recycling Rugs on Huron Street (June 1990)
Muehlig's (October 1990)
Main Street's Last Shoe Store (October 1991)
The History of the Ann Arbor Foundry (January 1992)
From Wooden Ladders to Computer Software (February 1992)
Ehnis and Son, by Grace Shackman (May 1992)
The Rise and Fall of "Power Laundries" (December 1992)
Rentschler Photographers (February 1993)
The Rise and Fall of Allen's Creek (June 1993)
Schlanderer's on Main Street (October 1993)
Dr. Chase's Successors (November 1993)
Henry Krause's Tannery (September 1994)
Ann Arbor Buick (October 1994)
Dry Goods at Main and Washington (June 1995)
Willow Run's Glory Days (July 1995)
Crescent Corset Factory (March 1996)
The Allenel Hotel (October 1996)
The Athens Press on Main Street (December 1997)
When Coal Was King (February 1999)
Gasoline Alley (October 2000)
L. W. Cole and the Michigan Argus (February 2001)
John Haarer Photography Studio (June 2002)
Gardens of Stone (Community Observer, Fall 2002)
Personal Connections (Community Observer, Fall 2003)
Chelsea Farmer's Supply (Community Observer, Summer 2006)
415 West Washington (February 2007)
The Many Lives of 210 E. Huron (October 2008)

	Downtown Ann Arbor

Mack & Company: The Nieman-Marcus of Ann Arbor (April 1982)
Walker Carriage Company/Ann Arbor Art Association (December 1982)
When the Salvation Army Marched Downtown (July 1996)
Justin Trubey and the Ice Cream Trade (July 1989)
Fiegel's Men's Store (December 1989)
512 South Main (December 1990)
Behind the Facade (March 1991)
Main Street's Last Shoe Store (October 1991)
Prochnow's Dairy Lunch (July 1992)
The First National Building (September 1992)
Eighty-nine years at the Corner of Main and Stadium (October 1992)
Fred Hoelzle's Butcher Shop and Metzger's Restaurant (August 1993)
Schlanderer's on Main Street (October 1993)
When Downtown Was Hardware Heaven (May 1994)
Yanitsky's: A Real Family Restaurant (June 1994)
The Whitney Theater (August 1994)
The Passing of the Old German (March 1995)
Dry Goods at Main and Washington (June 1995)
The Court Tavern (January 1996)
Foster's Art House (February 1996)
Crescent Corset Factory (March 1996)
When the Salvation Army Marched Downtown (July 1996)
Economy Baler (September 1996)
The Allenel Hotel (October 1996)
The Pardon Block (January 1997)
John Haarer Photography Studio (June 2002)
The Lost Street Names of Ann Arbor (July 2002)
The Many Lives of 210 E. Huron (October 2008)

	Food & Drink

Justin Trubey and the Ice Cream Trade (July 1989)
439 Fifth Street: From Drinking Spot to Play Yard (January 1992)
Prochnow's Dairy Lunch (July 1992)
The Short Life of the Royal Cafe (January 1993)
Fred Hoelzle's Butcher Shop and Metzger's Restaurant (August 1993)
Yanitsky's: A Real Family Restaurant (June 1994)
The West Side Dairy (January 1995)
The Passing of the Old German (March 1995)
The Court Tavern (January 1996)
Brewed on Fourth Street (December 2007)

	Public Buildings & Institutions

The County Poor House (October 1986)
Ann Arbor's Permanent Polling Places (April 1989)
The Three Courthouses of Washtenaw County (August 1990)
Books and Learning at the Corner of Fifth and William (January 1991)
Ann Arbor's Carnegie Library (February 1991)
The Private Hospital Era (March 1994)
The 1882 Firehouse (November 1996)
Red Howard, Small-Town Cop (November 1999)
The 1838 Jail (May 2000)
Reinventing the Farmer's Market (August 2004)
A Century at State and Huron (September 2005)

	Recreation & Culture

Weinberg's Peony Garden (June 1984)
Books and Learning at the Corner of Fifth and William (January 1991)
Ann Arbor's Carnegie Library (February 1991)
The 1940 Garden Show (April 1991)
The Rock (September 1991)
The Band Master (December 1991)
Dr. Chase's Successors (November 1993)
Mullison's Stables (December 1993)
The Roy Hoyer Dance Stuido (February 1994)
The Whitney Theater (August 1994)
Sunnyside Park (December 1994)
Scott Kunst (November 1995)
The Court Tavern (January 1996)
Foster's Art House (February 1996)
When the Salvation Army Marched Downtown (July 1996)
The Broadway Bridge Parks (August 1996)
Osias Zwerdling's Art Deco Sign (August 1997)
Chad Williams: WCBN's Apostle of Country Music (July 1998)
Alden Dow's Ann Arbor (August 1998)
Ann Arbor's Municipal Beach (August 1999)
Otto's Band (October 2001)
Cinema's First Century (September 2003)
Building the County Parks (November 2008)

	Religion & Churches

Trinity Lutheran, 1893-1993 (July 1993)
The Unitarians' Creative Reuse of 1917 Washtenaw (October 1989)
First Congregational Church (May 1998)
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (July 1999)
Bethel AME (April 2000)
David Byrd Chapel (December 2004)
Memories of St. Mary's (Community Observer, Summer 2005)

	Social Fabric & Communities

The Anna Bach Home on West Liberty (December 1983)
The Colored Welfare League (August 1991)
Pilar Celaya (September 1993)
Variations on a Theme (February 1995)
Willow Run's Glory Days (July 1995)
Delhi Village (August 1995)
Dixboro (May 1996)
The Underground Railroad in Ann Arbor (December 1998)
Old West Side Story: The Germans in Ann Arbor (August 2001)
The Story of the Schwaben Halle (December 2002)
Flower Power in Bloom (July 2003 Art Fair Guide)
A Tale of Two Lakes (Community Observer, Fall 2004)
The Buried History of Barton Hills (June 2005)
Living Well at Observatory Lodge (April 2008)
Location is Everything (Community Observer, Summer 2008)
History: Calvin Fillmore (November 2009)

	Transportation

109-113 Catherine (September 1988)
The Michigan Central Depot (May 1991)
The Ann Arbor Cooperative Society (August 1992)
The Ferry Yard Turntable (November 1992)
Ann Arbor Buick (October 1994)
Ann Arbor's Streetcars (November 1995)
Ann Arbor's "Other" Railroad (December 1997)
Gasoline Alley (October 2000)
Orange Risdon's 1825 Map (December 2000)
The Lost Street Names of Ann Arbor (July 2002)
Lifelines (Community Observer, Spring 2003)
The Dexter Underpass (Community Observer, Spring 2007)

	The University of Michigan

Weinberg's Coliseum (February 1983)
Inglis House (September 1990)
The Rock (September 1991)
The Band Master (December 1991)
The Kelsey's Stone Castle (March 1992)
The Remarkable Legacy of Francis Kelsey (August 1996)
The Detroit Observatory (May 1999)
Michigan League (September 1999)
Lane Hall (December 2000)
When Football Players Danced the Can-Can (May 2004)
The Pumas (May 2007)
Herman Bock, Decorator (March 2009)