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

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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

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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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In each of four successfully developed districts, parking lots were removed and roads were blocked off to construct plazas with foun- tains and artwork, such as the Regents Plaza. Each district now houses one large parking structure from which visitors can walk to Central Campus. The plan, entitled pedestrianization, emphasizes walking to all areas of campus and downplays the use of inter- nal roads, such as N. Ingalls or Monroe Street. The board praised the 24- year facelift and over- whelmingly encourage fu- ture development. According to Regent Philip Power (D-Ann Ar- bor), the plan isolates the University within the city and is not found at other universities. It ' s a glorious plan, said Regent Deane Baker (R-Ann Arbor). When one looks at campus over the past 15 years as I have, it ' s really gratifying. The plan is especially evident along the mall from the Rackham Building to the Graduate Library, not- ed Alumni Association ex- ecutive director Robert Forman. This is an inter- esting University because the architectural scheme is not uniform. Each building is different, and the differ- ent styles of buildings re- present the best architecture of the different years they were built in. What the Master Plan does is attempt to bring all these buildings together, mostly by landscaping and design. By Martha Sevetson 4, I Life REGARDLESS OF CHANGES in the Ann Arbor skyline, the Bur- ton Memorial Tower remains the same. THE DIAG has changed little in recent years, except for when the Economics Building burned down. THE MASTER PLAN