Ann Arbor as intensification "best practice"

I've written about this before.  There's no question that it changes the character of the community.  When I went to school there, granted slightly more than 40 years ago, except for the tall building on the right most corner (the facade is reskinned, back in the day it was definitely urban renewal concrete style), I don't think any building was more than two stories tall on this stretch of South University.

This photo is from the Ann Arbor News article, "Hundreds apply for ‘affordable’ Ann Arbor apartments with rents up to nearly $1,700."

Ann Arbor's South University Avenue student high-rise corridor on Dec. 3, 2024, with the new Vic Village South apartments at right across from Vic Village North. (Ryan Stanton | MLive.com/ | The Ann Arbor News.)