[Medical Mile/Michigan Street Developments]

2. Who came up with that awful green "S"? It's a medical school, but a football stadium. Not even in blessed A2 are any buildings except the Stadium marred with a block "M." Not that there's anything wrong with a block "M," mind you.

You've obviously never been inside the hospitals in Ann Arbor. There are banners hanging in the Taubman Center (main entrance) with the whole block M, rah rah thing. There are even quotes from "The Victors" emblazoned on them.

I say there is absolutely nothing wrong if a school wants to show a little esprit de corps.

[The Grand River?! You mean GR has a River?]

Plus side - we saw quite a few families checking out the statues, so that was cool.

We were one of those families checking out the Otterness sculptures. We all left the city commenting that GR has done an above average job of embracing the river. Not perfect, but it seems that most of the newer downtown buildings pay their respects to the city's namesake.