University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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The Master Plan Shaping of a modern campus he Universi- ty ' s Board of Regents ap- proved a Central Camp- us Planning Study this past summer which will initiate changes in the University ' s appearance well into the 21st century. The study, an update of a project initiated in 1963, pinpoints 24 campus loca- tions which can be im- proved both structurally and aesthetically in the next few decades. According to Carl Johnson of Johnson, Johnson Roy, a consulting firm hired to develop the plans, Our concern is to continue the sensitivity in architecture and quality landscaping on campus. The open-ended plan, which may be changed or expanded by the board, does not specify construc- tion projects or landscap- ing, but it emphasizes continuity within the campus. As the need arises for facilities in the future, University administrators can select one of the sites and submit a proposal to develop the area. It ' s particularly impor- tant any time we have a construction project to as- sociate it with the central plan to maintain the continuity of campus, said Chief Financial Officer James BrinkerhofF. In 1963, the original plan targeted five campus dis- tricts adjacent to the Diag. CONTINUED THE MCDONALD ' S on the cor- ner of S. University and Forest is one of the newest additions in town. THE MASTER PLAN 4 1 1

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U-M ' s ARCHITECTURE isn ' t too conservative for an occasional gargoyle. CONSTRUCTION IN THE COURTYARD of Angell Hall makes way for a new computer lab. THE NEW CHEMISTRY BUILDING is expected to be com- plete by fall term 1990. THE COURTYARD of the new U-M Hospital is a place for staff and visitors to relax. 10 THE MAST

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A FACELIFT WAS PER- FORMED on Nickels Arcade to restore its original luster. THE STUDY BREAK is one of the many stores in the MUG introduced there in the last few years. THE CONTROVERSIAL DE- STRUCTION OF University Terrace made way for a hospital parking structure. 12 THE MASTER PLAN