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  • Every little bit helps I suppose. Still, it would be nice to get a lot more open bar/cafe space along the river... I think that the bar in the City Market has the only restaurant in REO town, downtown, or Old town that has a patio that is directly on the water...

  • I am very happy to hear that they are are making plans to improve the downtown riverfront.The public/private funding is not really encouraging, but it seems like some companies have already pledged funds so maybe it will work. I hope this is a chance to make the riverfront a real attraction downtown, and more natural looking.
    Sir Pizza in Old Town has a river view and I think they might be the only restaurant in town that does. I think in the summer they could offer barges/floating piers that local bars and restaurants could lease for floating river cafes and "party" barges. There are a couple of buildings next to the river that could be renovated for a restaurant space but I don't see where else a river view cafe would go. REOtown might have a restaurant with a river view if the proposed hotel is built on S. Washington and M.X...
    It was interesting to hear talk about the Eckart site.
    I think it would be a great time to knock down the City Market and start over.

  • Art's Bar on Kalamazoo is looking good with the new windows and doors on the building. Looks like they will have an outdoor patio with a big overhead door in front.

  • I heard on local radio news that the mayor is holding a news conference today about the City Hall project, the headline of the story was "Is the City Hall Project coming to a sketching stop"!... I wonder what's up?

  • I read on the Mayor's site that they are slowing down this process to put together a plan that includes the police courts and lock-up facilities. The Mayor thinks and I would agree that all of these issues should be planned before moving forward with the City Hall move. OK, I will not start to worry that none of this is going to happen, but there is a history of big plans ending up as big parking lots around here so I will keep my fingers crossed for a good do-able plan.

  • I wonder what projects the Mayor is talking about? The changing skyline is very interesting.

  • Mich - I'd be willing to write a letter advocating form-based code, but since I am not a Lansing resident, would it be worth doing?

  • "Parking Madness: San Jose vs. Lansing" https://usa.streetsblog.org/2018/03/28/parking-madness-san-jose-vs-lansing/

    Glad to see Lansing finally getting some of that national recognition it deser... oh.

  • Heartbreaking and accurate

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