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if thurcday,eprtl 29, 1970 ji!y r.zbrzt'.czn Michigan McDonald's missino the Golden Arches ByGsI&sK!i It doesn't have golden arches, but a McDonald's Restaurant finally was built near the University of Michigan (U-M) campus at Ann Arbor despite protests reminiscent of the recent controversy about construc tion of a McDonald's at 4th and R streets. Construction of the arches was not included in an unusual buUdlir.g design McDonald's presented to gain the Ann Arbor City Council's approval, said C. Wlliani Colbum, an Arm Arbor city councitean at the time of the 1974 controversy. Colburn also is a U4I speech professor. Colbum said McDonald's wanted to build a restaurant a block from campus on the site of an approximately 90-year-old home called Nichols House. The land already was zoned for commercial use, he said, and commercial buildings had been built aroundhe home. Colbum said an elderly woman who lived in the house wanted to sell it and she needed the money for an operation. But many persons were concerned about several other fast-food businesses already in the area and saving the house. Colbum said a council vote was needed to determine whether the McDonald's construction would be allowed. He said he favored the construction for three reasons: -the land already was zoned for commerical use, -the McDonald's provides employment for students and comparatively inexpensive food, and -McDonald's agreed to design an "attractive bu&iiflg. In March of 1974, the council voted 6-5 in favor of the construction, Colbum said. In elections the next month he was defeated for reelection, he said, adding that he thinks his position on the McDonald's issue hurt his reelection bid. He said protesters against his stand on the McDonald's issue dressed as "Ronald McCoIburn." Dob Lausten, real estate manager for the Michigan District Office of McDonald's Restaurants, said the unusual building design was intended to blend wh the architecture style of an area of shops near the restaurant called the Arcade. And, he said, he thinks the effort succeeded. McDonald's had to employ an architect to design the Lausten said. It usually takes four months from the start of construction until the opening of a McDonald's restaurant, he said, but the one near U-M took about nine months. The two-story restaurant open ed July 29, 1975, he said, and seats 258 persons. Lausten said he did not want to disclose the building cost of the Arm Arbor restaurant, but said it cost twice as much as a standard McDonald's building. According to Bob McFarland, real estate manager for McDonald's St. Louis regional office, average cost of buying a McDonald's is $175,000. McDonald's has postponed two zone change hearings by the Lincoln City-County Planning Commission regard ing the company's request for a change of zone from residential to commercial at 1319 and 1325 R St. In March, McDonald's signed a contract transferring the land's ownership from Nebraska Bookstore, contingent on successful rezomng. . McFarland said the situation regarding a restaurant in that location near UNL is "in limbo" now. He said McDonald's still wants to build the restaurant, but Ve don't want to go where we're not wanted.' J. Neil Gabb, owner of J. Ne3 Gatb Associates, interior designers and environmental consultants, said he filed a letter with the planning commission protesting the McDonald's construction. He said building design is not a point of contention in the Lincoln situation. He said he is against the zone change because ct the "environmental impact" of commercial use of the land by many types of enterprises. Gabb said he opposes the proposed site because of his status as a Lincoln citizen, professional designer and parishoner at St. Maiks-on-the-campus Episcopal Church. He also is chapter adviser to Lambda Chi Alpha fraterni ty which, along with the church, forms the boundary for the proposed RlcDcnzId's location. i it: J I i mS La ttuh'-rf1 fc- P ; w Lax tw CaL-J fjfi&lJUfib . toi Mil R 6ut Rbove Tha there I . Qenllty Quts & Slyiss i R TV"! (cT ti NSCHON PRESENTS t;j CONCEIT ? r f p p (7 Sp-IDAY, ISAY 10 - 7:23 PM Onuha Civic Auditorium Heists $5.53 in Ktanc. awi!it! at th Auditorium and SI OrsRdtis outUts Kentucky Fried Chicken's Catering Pack h a complete package which includes 1 year picnic or party needs. It includes everything from the soft drinks to the salad to the napkins. 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