What was a star architect thinking?

When I worked at the Chelsea Standard in the 1980s, I often covered events at Chelsea High School. It was not a single building, but a campus of one-story structures that students scurried between in all types of weather. I was told it was designed by a California architect who didn't understand Michigan winters.

Imagine my surprise to learn, years later, that it was actually the work of Minoru Yamasaki, the famous Modern architect who went on to design the World Trade Center. Born in Seattle, Yamasaki moved to Detroit in 1945, so by the time he designed the school in 1956, he had been through eleven Michigan winters.

But Yamasaki evidently wasn't thinking about winter. In a 1957 interview with Architectural Forum, he explained: "We hit upon the idea that if the buildings could each express their individual character that we might be able to depict the quality of a small town. The auditroium, gym, homemaking area would symbolically and literally be the town center."

Yamasaki was hardly the first architect to ignore practical problems. A janitor once broke a leg tending an elevated planter at Alden Dow's Ann ARbor library. Frank Lloyd Wright's eccentricities - leaking roofs, tiny kitchens - are well know. But Chelsea needed a new school - the high school population, then fewer than 400 students, was predicted to double in ten years.

Local architect Art Lindauer encouraged an innovative design. "I went to the school board and said, 'Every school looks like each other,'" recalls Lindauer, the father of Chelsea mayor Jason Lindauer. "'Why don't you try an architect with a different approach?'" Asked for suggestions, he mentioned Yamasaki, who at the time was activiely pursuing school work. After interviewing a dozen architects, a citizen's committee recommended hiring Yamaski, Leinweber, and Associates.

Peter Flintoff, whose father, Howard Flintoff, was secretary of the school board, recalls hearing that they felt lucky to get Yamasaki. Alyce Riemenschneider remembers that her parents and their friends were also excited to have someone so famous design their school.

People raised questions about the campus layout, but according to the Standard, school board members argued that the design would "provide the best building program at the most economical cost." Outside walkways would to-ceiling windows [it] was much nicer than the traditional string of hallway lockers," recalls Carol Cameron Lauhon, who also graduated in 1961. Covered walkways with brightly colored bubbles at building entrances served to unify the campus and afford some shelter as students passed between classes.

The main building, which Yamasaki called the "Town Center," contained the cafeteria, library, gym, and auditorium. Circling the auditorium were six classrooms used for English and social sciences. A Central atrium was open to the sky and filled with planst and bushes. "For the prom, the junior class would decorate the atrium with flowers and green plastic truf and furnish it with a wooden bridge over a small pond. Couples posed on the bridge for their prom photos. Very romantic!" recalls Lauhon.

June Winans, who taught earth science and geology, shared the science building with biology, chemistry, and physics teachers. Shop classes, the Standard explained, also had their own building so that "noises made by operating equipment or hammering and sawing will not disturb other classes."

The home economics and art building had a pitched roof to look more like a house. Riemenschneider recalls that the desks converted into cutting tables and that sewing machines were hidden in veneer cabinets. The kitchen had the newest stoves and refrigerators and an island, a novelty at the time. After preparing a meal, the students moved into a dining room and a living room.

At an open house, the Standard reported, "most people were impressed not only with the beautiful appearance of the new campus type high school but also with its very evident functional features."

The students who made the transition still have fond memories of Yamaski's school. "The exterior walkways between buildings felt less confining than the old school's intererior hallways and multiple stairwells, some of them narrow and windowless," says Lauhon.

"I was happy to walk outside," says Brown, adding: "The teachers aid it woke the students up."

"The breath of fresh air did them good," says Bill Chandler, the school's work-study coordinator. Sam Vogel, social studies teacher and later assistant principal, recalls that "the covered walkways developed leaks, but, unless it was pouring, it wasn't a problem."

Parents were less thrilled. Some thought it was ridiculous that their children had to go outside. One recalls her daughter tell her, "mom, we don't need decent clothes to go to school. We just need a good coat."

As enrollment grew, an auto mechanics garage was added, and a new bulding facing Washington for social studies. The cafeteria was enlarged by moving the library into another building.

But when the locker room got overcrowded and rowdy-the staff dubbed it "God's Little Acre" - there was no way to expand it. Eventually the lockers were movied into the "town center," but "then the halls were too crowded," Vogel recalls. The atrium also became a problem, with maintenance issues and heat loss through the single-pane glass the surrounded it.

Yamasaki's futuristic vision never caught on: the present Chelsea High, built in 1998, is again a single building. His campus, however, is still in use - its buildings now house the Chelsea Senior Center, school board offices, Chelsea Community Education and Recreation, and Chelsea Early Education. The roofs and bubble entrances are gone, the original large windows have been replaced by smaller ones, and the atrium has been filled in to create a windowless meeting room.

But students who went there still have fond memories of their school. "It seems to me that the Yamasaki design was a new way of imagining spaces for student life," says Lauhon. "The school was a pleasant place to be. My sense is that this is what Yamasaki had in mind."

Winter 2013 issue of the Community Observer

Yamasaki's Chelsea High School

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Keywords:

• Don Juan Mexican Bar & Grill
• Restaurants
• Boulevard Plaza
• Los Amigos Restaurant

People:

• Miguel Amaral
• Juan Hernandez

Places:

• 2125 W Stadium Blvd




• BurgerFi [Briefly Noted], by Sally Mitani , page 49 -53

Keywords:

• BurgerFi
• Restaurants
• Tower Plaza

People:

• Andrew Heningburg

Places:

• 1235 S University Ave




• Rendel's Interiors[Briefly Noted], by Sally Mitani, page 53

Keywords:

• Rendel's Interiors
• Furniture - Retail
• Upholstery

People:

• Jennifer Hampton

Places:

• 732 Lakeview




• In The Works [Marketplace Changes], by Sally Mitani, page 53

Keywords:

• Knight's Restaurant
• Borders
• Restaurants
• Slurping Turtle
• Knight's Market
• Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase
• Nightclubs
• Seva

People:

• Don Knight
• Ray Knight
• Susie Sutter
• Dan Sutter
• Roger Feeny
• Dale Newman
• Joe Barbat




• Closings [Marketplace Changes], by Sally Mitani, page 53

Keywords:

• Business - Closings
• Pizza
• Restaurants
• Toppers Pizza

Places:

• 607 E William St




• Blue Snaggletooth: Classic Geek [Rock], by Patrick Dunn, page 54

Keywords:

• Music - Reviews
• Woodruff's
• Blue Snaggletooth (Musical Group)

People:

• Chris Taylor
• Scott Morgan
• Jeremy Wheeler
• Joe Kupiec
• Mike Popovich
• Casey O'Ryan




• Adolph Gottlieb: Sculptor - A Painter's Escape [Galleries], by Jan Schlain, page 59

Keywords:

• Art & Artists
• Exhibitions
• University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

People:

• Adolph Gottlieb




• Hannah Arendt: More Than a Biopic [Film], by James M Manheim, page 60

Keywords:

• Movies - Reviews
• Michigan Theatre

People:

• Hannah Arendt




• The Vast Difference: A Curious Reprisal [Theater], by Sally Mitani, page 63

Keywords:

• Theater - Reviews
• Purple Rose Theater

People:

• Jeff Daniels
• Guy Sanville
• Daniel Eyde
• Drew Parker
• David Bendena
• Richard McWilliams




• Steve Lehman: Spectral Saxophonist [Jazz], by Piotr Michalowski, page 70

Keywords:

• Music - Reviews
• Steve Lehman Octet (Musical Group)
• Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre

People:

• Steve Lehman




• Badass Wheelchairs: Army vs. Navy at Crisler [Basketball], by Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, page 75

Keywords:

• Sports
• Basketball
• Disabled Veterans
• University of Michigan - Students
• United States 338th Army Band
• Crisler Arena




• Andy McKee: Guitar Wizard of Kansas [Acoustic Guitar], by Sandor Slomovits, page 81

Keywords:

• Music - Reviews
• The Ark

People:

• Andy McKee




• Bernhoft: More Than Razzle Dazzle [Synth-Soul], by James M. Manheim, page 83

Keywords:

• Music Reviews
• The Ark
• Miracles of Modern Science (Musical Group)

People:

• Jarle Bernhoft




• Karen Russell: Imaginative Leaps [Short Fiction], by Keith Taylor, page 85

Keywords:

• Authors
• Books & Reading
• University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

People:

• Karen Russell




• September 2013 Home Sales, by Kevin Duke, page 96

Keywords:

• Real Estate
• Houses - Cost of
• Statistics




• I Spy [Back Page], by Sally Bjork, page 99

Keywords:

• Local History
• Contests
• University of Michigan - Campus
• Art & Artists
• Sculpture
• Ann Arbor - History
• Cafe Felix

People:

• Alexandra Burja
• Gaia Stenson
• Betsy Williams
• Mary Garrelts
• Elizabeth Rodriguez
• Barbara Bushkuhl
• Harry Barrett
• Ivana Mrazova
• Sarah Schaefer
• Kathleen Erwin

• Performance Reviews [UpFront], page 9

Keywords:

• Computers - Software Development
• World Wide Web
• Employment
• Ipanema Solutions
• Indeed.com

People:

• Steve Tutino




• Crossing the Outback [UpFront], page 9

Keywords:

• University of Michigan - Students
• Engineering
• Alternative Fuels
• Automobiles
• World Solar Challenge

People:

• Ian Sullivan




• Bumps of Steel [UpFront], page 9

Keywords:

• Local History
• Railroads
• Interurbans
• Mass Transit
• Streets & Roads

People:

• Mark Hildebrandt
• Kent Burkhart
• Nick Hutchinson




• Face Time [UpFront], page 9

Keywords:

• University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)
• Films
• Art & Artists
• Ann Arbor Film Festival
• Heidelberg Project

People:

• Donald Harrison
• Tyree Guyton




• Vintage Tech [UpFront], page 9

Keywords:

• Bookstores
• Literati Books
• Typewriters - Retail & Repair Services
• West Side Book Shop

People:

• Hilary Lowe
• Mike Gustafson
• Doug Price

Places:

• 124 E Washington St
• 113 W Liberty St




• RIP, AnnArbor.com: Newhouse Kills Off Its Online Experiment [Inside Ann Arbor], page 11

Keywords:

• World Wide Web
• Newspapers
• Newhouse Inc.
• Advance Publications
• Journalists & Journalism
• MLive.com
• AnnArbor.com
• Statistics
• Ann Arbor News
• University of Michigan - Faculty & Staff
• ArborWiki.org

People:

• Dan Gaydou
• Laurel Champion
• Paul Courant
• Matt Hampel
• Jeff Jarvis
• Steve Newhouse




• Semi-Privatization [Inside Ann Arbor], page 11 -12

Keywords:

• Real Estate Development - Ann Arbor
• Affordable Housing
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
• Ann Arbor Housing Commission
• Public Housing
• North Maple Estates
• Baker Commons
• Miller Manor
• Maple Meadows
• Hikone

People:

• Jennifer Hall
• Ron Woods




• Filling the Ark [Inside Ann Arbor], page 12 - 15

Keywords:

• The Ark
• Concerts
• Musicians
• Fundraisers
• Ann Arbor Folk Festival
• Civil Wars (Musical Group)
• Bentley Historical Library
• University of Michigan - Libraries

People:

• Dave Siglin
• Marianne James
• Anya Siglin
• Linda Siglin
• Joy Williams
• John Paul White

Places:

• 316 S Main St




• The Lousmas Say Good-bye [Inside Ann Arbor], page 15 - 16

Keywords:

• Astronauts
• University of Michigan - Alumunus
• Ann Arbor High School
• Blimpy Burger
• Yankee Air Museum
• Apollo Space Program
• Willow Run Bomber Plant
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

People:

• Jack Lousma
• Gratia Smeltzer




• Private Sector Public Art [Inside Ann Arbor], page 16 -17

Keywords:

• Art & Artists
• Plum Market
• University of Michigan - Faculty & Staff
• Grocery Stores

People:

• Robert Adams
• Aaron MacLeod

Places:

• 375 N Maple Rd




• Crime Map, page 19

Keywords:

• Crime & Criminals
• Ann Arbor Police Department
• Statistics




• Laura Rubin: River Hero [Ann Arborites], by Shelley Daily, page 21

Keywords:

• Biography
• Environment
• Conservation
• Huron River Watershed Council
• Parks - Ann Arbor
• Argo Cascades
• Huron River
• Argo Dam
• Ann Arbor - City Government Departments
• Ann Arbor City Council
• Dams
• Recreation
• Creeks & Streams
• University of Michigan - Alumnus
• Groundwater Contamination

People:

• Laura Rubin
• Leigh Greden
• John Lofy
• Abe Rubin
• Leo Rubin




• Rivalries: Talking Football at the Brown Jug [My Town], by John U. Bacon, page 23 - 25

Keywords:

• Sports
• Football
• University of Michigan - Athletics
• Brown Jug Restaurant
• University of Michigan - Alumnus
• Michigan State Spartans
• Michigan Wolverines
• Michigan Stadium

People:

• Mike Ryan
• Lee Shufro
• Dan Ross
• John U. Bacon
• Dave Brandon
• Bill Martin
• Jason Conti

Places:

• 1204 S University Ave




• A Tale of Two Buildings: Old Versus New At South U and Forest, by Greg Dobrin, page 27 - 29

Keywords:

• Real Estate Development - Ann Arbor
• Building & Construction
• University of Michigan - Student Housing
• Apartments
• Ann Arbor - City Government Departments
• Zoning
• Ann Arbor - City Ordinances
• Village Corner Party Store
• U Towers
• Landmark Apartments
• World of Beer
• Middle Kingdom
• Maynard House
• U Plaza
• American Campus Communities
• Sterling 411 Lofts
• Varsity Apartments
• Zaragon Place
• Zaragon West
• Suburban Campus Properties
• Demographics

People:

• Dick Scheer
• Cynthia Shevel
• Gina Cowart
• Dena Isley
• Doug Reed
• Alice Ehn
• Martin Bouma




• History On The Move: The Clements Library Leaps Into The Twenty-First Century, by Jan Schlain, page 31 - 33

Keywords:

• Bentley Historical Library
• University of Michigan - Libraries
• Remodeling & Renovation
• History
• Fundraising

People:

• Kevin Graffagnino
• William Clements
• Randolph Adams
• Howard Peckham
• John Dann
• Clayton Lewis
• Leslie Hasker
• Teresa Sullivan
• Ann Rock
• Peter Heyden
• Brian Dunnigan

Places:

• 909 S University Ave




• The Sweet Smell of Success: The City's Costliest Building Project Has a Fresh-Air Payoff, by James Leonard, page 35

Keywords:

• Ann Arbor - City Government Departments
• Ann Arbor City Council
• Building & Construction
• Sewers & Sewage
• Wastewater Treatment
• Environment
• Air Pollution

People:

• Mike Amicangelo
• Earl Kenzie

Places:

• 49 S Dixboro Road




• The Rise of NeoPapalis: Pizza Where Town Meets Gown [Restaurant Reviews], by M. B. Lewis, page 37 - 38

Keywords:

• Restaurants - Reviews
• Pizza
• NeoPapalis Restaurant
• Zaragon West

People:

• Joe Sheena

Places:

• 500 E William




• Heritage Award: The Original Cottage Inn [Restaurant Reviews], by M. B. Lewis, page 38 - 39

Keywords:

• Restaurants - Reviews
• Original Cottage Inn
• Pizza

Places:

• 512 E William




• Glocal Groove: Silvio's Organic Ristorante e Pizzeria [Restaurant Reviews], by M. B. Lewis, page 39

Keywords:

• Restaurants - Reviews
• Silvio's Organic Ristorante e Pizzeria
• Pizza

Places:

• 715 N University




• Pick A Slice, Any Slice Attitude: New York Pizza Depot [Restaurant Reviews], by M. B. Lewis, page 39

Keywords:

• Restaurants - Reviews
• New York Pizza Depot
• Pizza

Places:

• 605 E William




• Imported From Madison: Toppers Pizza [Restaurant Reviews], by M. B. Lewis, page 39

Keywords:

• Restaurants - Reviews
• Toppers Pizza
• Pizza

Places:

• 607 E William




• Urban, Urbane: Mani Osteria [Restaurant Reviews], by M. B. Lewis, page 39

Keywords:

• Restaurants - Reviews
• Mani Osteria & Bar
• Pizza

People:

• Adam Baru

Places:

• 341 E Liberty




• Postmodern Mall: Shades of Downtown at Arbor Hills Crossing [Marketplace Changes], by Sally Mitani, page 41 - 42

Keywords:

• Shopping Centers
• Shopping Malls
• Arbor Hills Crossing
• Real Estate Development - Ann Arbor
• Campus Realty
• North Shore Properties Group
• Cafe Zola
• lululemon
• Madewell
• Paper Source
• Hot Mama
• Anthropologie
• North Face
• Sur la Table
• Arhaus
• Glassbox Coffee & Juice
• Running Fit
• My Urban Toddler

People:

• Jaimie Bulla
• Jack Stegeman

Places:

• 3070 Washtenaw Ave




• Wheels in Motion [Briefly Noted], by Sally Mitani, page 42

Keywords:

• Bicycles - Sales & Service
• Local History
• Campus Bike & Toy
• Wheels In Motion
• Naked Furniture
• State Street Merchants Association

People:

• Travis Plotner
• Vickie Plotner
• DeWight Plotner
• Chelsie Plotner
• Farrell Plotner

Places:

• 3401 Washtenaw Ave




• Bookbound [Briefly Noted], by Sally Mitani, page 43 - 44

Keywords:

• Bookstores
• Bookbound
• Borders
• Food Gatherers

People:

• Peter Blackshear
• Megan Blackshear

Places:

• 1729 Plymouth Rd




• Today [Briefly Noted], by Sally Mitani, page 44

Keywords:

• Clothing - Retail
• Today
• Clothing - Design & Manufacturing
• Underground Printing
• Vellum

People:

• Eric Harden
• Kevin Pearson
• Rishi Narayan
• Peter Roumanis

Places:

• 215 S Fourth Ave




• Changes at 311 E. Liberty[Briefly Noted], by Sally Mitani, page 44 - 45

Keywords:

• Avtomobile
• Adorn Me
• Bead Gallery
• Foxway Realty
• Art Galleries
• Arts & Crafts

People:

• Maris Turner
• Sarah Renner
• Becky Foster
• Julie Van Dyke

Places:

• 311 E Liberty




• Wenk's Pharmacy Becomes HomeTown Pharmacy [Briefly Noted], by Sally Mitani, page 45

Keywords:

• Drug Stores
• Pharmacists
• Wenk's Pharmacy
• Prescription Shop
• HomeTown Pharmacy
• Beer & Wine - Retail

People:

• Fred Wenk
• Tom Kundrat
• Steven Evans
• Michael Orta
• Hugo Ristow

Places:

• 2355 E Stadium Blvd




• Changes at Nickels Arcade [Briefly Noted], by Sally Mitani, page 46

Keywords:

• Beagle Brain
• Computers - Repair & Service
• Johnny
• Wendy
• Clothing - Retail

People:

• Wendy Chapman
• Johnny Vaughn
• Maureen Lynch

Places:

• Nickels Arcade




• Aries, Golam Produce Market [Briefly Noted], by Sally Mitani, page 46

Keywords:

• Business - Closings
• Muslim Social Services
• Modest Intentions
• Gentleman's Barbershop
• Makkara Sushi
• Aries
• Euro Market
• Golam Produce Market

People:

• Nate Lee
• Alex Ju
• Janet Tosunyan
• Golam Khan
• Maroof Hassan

Places:

• 3110 Packard
• 3150 Packard




• ReStore [Briefly Noted], by Sally Mitani, page 46

Keywords:

• Habitat for Humanity
• Resale (Second-Hand Merchandise) - Retail
• ReStore

Places:

• 170 Aprill Dr




• George Bedard: Guitar God [Blues], by John Hinchey, page 48

Keywords:

• Music - Reviews
• George Bedard and the Kingpins (Musical Group)

People:

• George Bedard
• Randy Tesser
• Rich Dishman

Places:

• Guy Hollerin's




• Doorman River: North Korea's Frozen Border [Film], by Michael Betzold, page 57

Keywords:

• Movies - Reviews

Places:

• Michigan Theater




• The Berrymans: Music To Laugh By [Folk Humor], by Sandor Slomovits, page 61

Keywords:

• Music - Reviews
• Humor

People:

• Lou Berryman

Places:

• The Ark




• Donald Lystra: Wisdom, No Sermon [Short Fiction], by Keith Taylor, page 69

Keywords:

• Books - Reviews
• Authors

People:

• Donald Lystra

Places:

• Nicola's Books




• Chris Thile: Adult Prodigy [Bluegrass to Classical], by James M. Manheim, page 71

Keywords:

• Music - Reviews
• Nickel Creek (Musical Group)
• Punch Brothers (Musical Group)

People:

• Chris Thile

Places:

• Hill Auditorium




• Bassist William Parker: The Mayor of Improv [Jazz], by Piotr Michalowski, page 75

Keywords:

• Music - Reviews
• Ann Arbor Edgefest

People:

• William Parker
• Kenn Thomas

Places:

• Encore Records
• Kerrytown Concert House




• Evil Dead: The Musical - Halloween For Grownups [Theater], by Sally Mitani, page 79

Keywords:

• Theater - Reviews
• Dexter Community Players

People:

• Peter Crist
• Stacey Smith

Places:

• Copeland Auditorium




• August 2013 Home Sales, by Kevin Duke, page 88

Keywords:

• Real Estate - Ann Arbor
• Houses - Cost of
• Statistics




• I Spy [Back Page], by Sally Bjork, page 91

Keywords:

• Local History
• Contests
• Historic Buildings
• Lena Restaurant
• Ann Arbor - History
• University of Michigan - Museums
• Kelsey Museum of Archeology

People:

• Amber Chlark
• Gaia Stenson
• Bob DeBona
• Ivana Mrazova
• David Collins

Places:

• 434 S State St