4 Days to Football and Reasons #9, #8, and #7 to Love Ann Arbor
by Maize n Brew Dave
on Aug 26, 2008 11:00 AM CDT
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There are just 5 Days Left Till Kick-off, but we're running a little behind on the Countdown. So with 5 Days Left, you’re gonna get three reasons a post to Love Ann Arbor! So, here's #9 in our continuing Series of 100 Days to Football and 100 Reasons to Love Ann Arbor.
#9 – WCBN
The place where the magic happens. It's a smelly basement that should've been condemned years ago, but it's home to the finiest student radio station in the country. Probably not a shocker, but yours truly is a WBCN alum and former occasional host of Ann Arbor Tonight. 88.3 on your dial, number 1 in your hearts. For over 50 years, WCBN's been broadcasting student run programing on everything from the news, to fashion, to hip-hop. The shows are fresh and the people compelling. Gotta love it. It's #9 in our Countdown and Reason #9 to Love Ann Arbor.
#8 – Main Street Ann Arbor
Just one of those quintessential small town aspects that makes Ann Arbor so endearing. While the cliche of the "Main Street" is played out in crappy tourist trap hamlets throughout Michigan, Main Street Ann Arbor lives up to its name. Almost everything a visitor or a resident can possibility need lies within a block of Main Street, that is if they don't find it on Main Street itself. Festivals (like St. Paddy's Day, above), jewelery, fine dining, bad dining, clothes, books, bars, music, everything is located on its sidewalks. As all small town Main Streets should be, but few are, Main Street Ann Arbor is a pedestrian zone first, throughway second. Ample stoplights make it a pain in the butt to drive through but a breeze to walk. No visit to Ann Arbor is complete without spending the better part of a day walking Main Street, that's why it's #8 in our Countdown and Reason #8 to Love Ann Arbor.
#7 – The Rock
People love this thing. I don't know why. But they love it. On game day it's always painted. There's more paint on this thing than in the Met in New York. I'm convinced it started off as a pebble and grew simply by having layer after layer of paint poured on it. It's #7 in our Countdown and Reason #7 to Love Ann Arbor.
If you've got suggestions on places you'd like to see, email me with a photo or a description and we'll get your favorite hangouts in the countdown as well. I'll also try to get a link on the sidebar in the coming days that allows you to see all 100 Reasons to Love Ann Arbor.
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Maize and Brew Dave:
Thanks for the reminders of all the great places and sites in Ann Arbor. I am going to have to re-acquaint myself with some of the sites this coming fall.
Also, color me surprised, but it looks like you might even finish your list before the season starts! Talk about a great finishing kick!
Keep up the good work and I look forward to your insights on the impending season.
—Jamie Mac
by jamiemac on
Aug 26, 2008 11:34 AM CDT
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I think I spent more time in the basement of the SAB than any other place over my four years. DJ-ing all night and later spending far too many hours at board/executive staff meetings and doing Budget Director-y duties. When I think about Ann Arbor, the radio station is always one of the first things on my mind. As much as anything, that place made me grow – and not just my musical tastes. Before I knew it, I had become a huge part of it and was as sad about leaving WCBN as I was about anything else in Ann Arbor. It’s really the best.
by Reed97 on
Aug 26, 2008 2:56 PM CDT
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