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Mark Madonna @awesomark.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

1993

“‘In Albion, in the same day, you can run into so many types of people,’ Mary Hunt said. The couple lived most of their adult lives in Ann Arbor, a city known for its diversity.
‘Ann Arbor has changed a lot in the last 20 years,’ Hunt said. ‘It’s become a big city.’
So they left it for a country home in Waterloo Township. But that soon became too isolated for them, and they began searching for a middle ground. Albion fit their needs and interests.”

Mark Madonna @awesomark.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

1989

“Jim Ecker, Cedar Rapids Gazette: ‘Ann Arbor has changed since I went there to school, in the good old days of the early ’70s, when college kids packed city council and made marijuana a misdemeanor. Does the Gandy Dancer still have great lobster? Do the Detroit kids still go home on Friday nights? Who won the Mud Bowl last year?
‘Ann Arbor — a good place to study, but the fun times were up in East Lansing. We used to look forward to getting out of town and going up to MSU, where all the good-looking girls were.’”

Mark Madonna @awesomark.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

1982

“EVEN ON weeks when the bands have shown up, there has sometimes been a problem in attracting an audience to the fledgling night spot. ‘The audience for adventurous music is getting smaller. Ann Arbor has changed over the past half-dozen years. There’s only a minority of people interested in hearing something different and pursuing alternatives. We’ve been losing money on our more experimental nights.’”