So I noticed over the weekend that all of the new, screened construction fencing is up, and that they left a small part of the bank building(s) lot open. It's basically a large chuck of where the old small bank was, on the north end of the parcel. I'm guessing that they did this in anticipation of aligning with Albert street across Abbot, but in any case it seems like the maximum size of the footprints of the future buildings are, at least, tentatively set.
Yeah, they do look a little boring. But that's not such a bad thing as long as they use decent materials. And the other renderings the make the buildings look a bit more dolled up at street level.
Small aside... every time I see a bird's eye rendering of the Abbot/GR intersection, I think about how nice it would be to see a large, edgy, ultramodern glass-and-steel high rise built behind the original façade of the curved building on the east side of the Abbot.
This new proposal is about what I expected and I think it's my favorite proposal out of the long line of proposals I've seen for the site. I did like one of the Michigan Museum Place designs but I still wasn't a fan of a single monolithic building on that site, I'm much happier to see it split in two.
As for the design, the apartment building is definitely bland but it's a brick-clad building that I assume will be good quality so I can't complain too much. The hotel building is more interesting, it looks like it may have an exposed concrete structure a la Lansing Towers. I'll be interested to see more/better renderings.
I liked what they said about the hotel building will reflect MSU architecture. I would hope that means sort of Prairie Modern I'm thinking the Library the Kresge Art Department Building, the Music Building. I do not think this means Academic Gothic but that would be cool if they did a modern take on that style.
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Ratchet, I agree. And I like the idea of two separate buildings - 1 at the bank, 1 at the Thai Hut site.
So I noticed over the weekend that all of the new, screened construction fencing is up, and that they left a small part of the bank building(s) lot open. It's basically a large chuck of where the old small bank was, on the north end of the parcel. I'm guessing that they did this in anticipation of aligning with Albert street across Abbot, but in any case it seems like the maximum size of the footprints of the future buildings are, at least, tentatively set.
https://eastlansinginfo.org/content/new-plans-revealed-vacant-corner-downtown
Yeah, they do look a little boring. But that's not such a bad thing as long as they use decent materials. And the other renderings the make the buildings look a bit more dolled up at street level.
Small aside... every time I see a bird's eye rendering of the Abbot/GR intersection, I think about how nice it would be to see a large, edgy, ultramodern glass-and-steel high rise built behind the original façade of the curved building on the east side of the Abbot.
This new proposal is about what I expected and I think it's my favorite proposal out of the long line of proposals I've seen for the site. I did like one of the Michigan Museum Place designs but I still wasn't a fan of a single monolithic building on that site, I'm much happier to see it split in two.
As for the design, the apartment building is definitely bland but it's a brick-clad building that I assume will be good quality so I can't complain too much. The hotel building is more interesting, it looks like it may have an exposed concrete structure a la Lansing Towers. I'll be interested to see more/better renderings.
I liked what they said about the hotel building will reflect MSU architecture. I would hope that means sort of Prairie Modern I'm thinking the Library the Kresge Art Department Building, the Music Building. I do not think this means Academic Gothic but that would be cool if they did a modern take on that style.
I was thinking these are just preliminary renderings, I hope so!
Yes, it looks nice and light, I think this color will reflect the skylight and look very bright on a sunny day. I can not wait to see it in 3-D!