Look

A leisurely Look at Michigan’s stories and traditions from yesterday to yesteryear.

History’s First Aerial Elopement

Art Smith and Aimee Cour couldn’t marry in Indiana. They could marry in Michigan, but they had to get there. Fortunately for them, Art was a pilot!

Out With the Old, In With the New

In 1894, the Lansing City Council authorized bonds to build a new City Hall on the corner of Ottawa and Capitol Avenues. Accepting the plans of prominent architect Edwyn A. Bowd, the Council spent $150,000 on this new structure.