Planada apartment building, 2003

The Planada, because of its location on Ann Street, was an attractive place for people employed at University Hospital to live. But its location worked against it when it was torn down to provide parking for the Life Sciences complexes.

Read more in Ann Arbor's Oldest Apartments by Grace Shackman and Historic Buildings, Ann Arbor Michigan:1127 East Ann Street by Marjorie Reade & Susan Wineberg.

Image courtesy of Stan Shackman.