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Merchandise Mart. / 41.8884; -87.6355. The Merchandise Mart (or the Merch Mart, or the Mart) is a commercial building in downtown Chicago, Illinois. When it opened in 1930, it was the world's largest building, with 4 million square feet (372,000 m 2) of floor space. [ 1][ 2] The Art Deco structure is at the junction of the Chicago River 's ...
The University of Michigan Library is the academic library system of the University of Michigan. The university's 38 constituent and affiliated libraries together make it the second largest research library by number of volumes in the United States. As of 2019–20, the University Library contained more than 14,543,814 volumes, while all campus ...
The Labadie Collection became a part of the Special Collections Library (then called the Rare Book Room) in 1964. It is named after individualist anarchist Joseph Labadie (1850–1933). With the help of his devoted wife, Sophie, Labadie collected and carefully preserved a vast amount of literature on social movements from the 1870s to his death ...
Borders No.1, downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2005. The original Borders bookstore was located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, where it was founded in 1971 [11] by brothers Tom and Louis Borders during their undergraduate and graduate years at the University of Michigan. The first Borders bookshop opened at 209 South State Street, Ann ...
List of University of Michigan presidents. The 15th and most recent president of the university is Santa Ono, appointed in 2022. Of the previous presidents: 1 had the office abolished. 1 died in office. 2 were removed by the regents. 5 retired at the end of their careers. 2 resigned to return to teaching or research.
The University of Chicago was an entirely new university founded in 1891, using the same name as a defunct school founded in the 1850s which closed in 1886. See Old University of Chicago. Supporters of a new university raised money, selected a new campus in Hyde Park, and opened its doors in 1890. Most of the original financing came from oil ...
Starting Aug. 13, 2024 for a limited time only, McDonald's is offering six different collectible cups with the purchase of "The Collector's Meal." Meals are available all day, including a sausage ...
The 20 largest academic libraries in the United States by number of volumes as of 2020 are: Rank. Institution. Library holdings (volumes) (2020) [ 5]: 45. 1. Harvard University. 19,608,349. 2. University of Michigan.