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Michigan Avenue
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In the days before interstate highway system, Michigan Avenue was the best way to get from Detroit to Chicago. Now classified US-12, it remains a major road in Ypsilanti, running directly though downtown and separating the historically African American neighborhoods from the rest of the city north of the avenue.
We'll start at the eastern edge of Washtenaw County and head west through Ypsilanti and Saline.
Entering City of Ypsilanti, leaving Charter Township of Ypsilanti
Entering City of Ypsilanti, leaving Charter Township of Ypsilanti
- Riverside Park
- 2 W. Materials Unlimited
- 6 W. Angel Food Catering
- an antiques place (gone as of Fall '07)
- 18 W. Haab's
- an optometrist
- Bank of Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti branch - 7 W.
- Eleven West salon - 11 W.
- a chinese restaurant
- Ypsilanti City Hall (at 1 S. Huron)
- 100 W. - Dalat
- 104 W. - Ypsilanti Convention and Visitor's Bureau
- 108 W. - City Hatter
- 110 W. - Look in the Attic
- 112 W. - Avenue Jewelers
- 114 W. - Illuminart
- 116 W. - Bicycles in Town
- 120 W. - Nobles Custom Clothing
- two tax/accounting places?
- 126 W. - Simply DeVine Cards-N-Gifts
- Was Unveiled Belly Dance - moved to N. Huron
- Was Henrietta Fahrenheit - now online only
- 128 W. - What Is That art gallery
- Was Heikk's, now across the street
- Was Greek Desires, as attested by a long-abandoned sign
- 130 W. - What Is That art gallery
- Was a hair salon; now on the next block.
- Liberty Tax Services - 101 W.
- The Rocket - 103 W.
- Was IWW National Headquarters, 1995-1999.
- United Sonz Business Solutions - 105 W.
- Freeman Bunting Insurance - 107 W.
- soon to be part of Puffer Red's - 109 W.
- Was Magic Shears barber shop
- Puffer Red's - 113 W.
- Vacant - 115 W.
- Temporarily Washtenaw County's Obama office in 2008
- Was Mother Fletcher's
- Terry Bakery - 119 W.
- H&R Block - 121 W.
- Charter One Bank - 123 W.
- Glemps Inc. - 131 W.
- Was Ypsilanti Courier - now in Belleville. (Yes, Belleville.)
- Michigan Heritage Building - 133 W.
- Heikk's
- Was Citizens Bank
- 200 W. - Kresge Building
- 200 W. - claimed to be a coming off-brand "Mongolian-style barbecue", and basement wine bar - in holding pattern for a year now
- 204 W. - Frank's Drugs
- 206 W. - a hair braiding salon
- Was Mother Fletcher's
- Was The Green Room
- 208 W. - Renaissance Building
- 208 W. - Ypsi Studio
- 210 W. - Bowerbird Mongo
- 212 W. - Fast Eddies Music
- Greystone Hotel Building
- 214 - Studio Glamour Fashions - opened October '07
- 216 - VG Kids - opened June '07
- 220 - vacant
- formerly Ypsilanti offices, Ann Arbor News
- The Wolverine Grill
- The Tap Room, planned expansion space, and Tap Room Annex
- TC's Speakeasy - closed as of late 2008.
- 211-217 W. - Mack & Mack Building - Ann Arbor SPARK's SPARK East Incubator and CoB classroom annex. Lofts planned for upstairs.
- 219 W. Bombadill's Cafe
- Library Plaza, with Patsy Chandler Fountain and statue of Harriet Tubman
- 229 W. - Ypsilanti Public Library, downtown branch
- Key Bank Building
- Keybank Farmers Market Tuesday afternoons, in the parking lot
Contents |
[edit] Ballard Street
Michigan Ave veers south here; Congress Street continues straight ahead.
- 616 W: Ypsilanti VFW
- 1004 W: Taqueria La Loma
[edit] I-94
[edit] US-23
[edit] State Road
and heading to Saline and beyond:
[edit] Monroe Street (Saline)
heads towards Macon Road
keep going quite a ways and you get to
[edit] M-52
near Manchester
