The Abbot & The Graduate (Park District)

hoodhood
edited July 2019 in East Lansing
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  • JaredJared
    Do you remember a long time ago when I was projecting that Scene Metrospace was going to move from their current location to the old Aroma Cafe location, next door to Georgios? Well, it is coming even closer to reality. Take a look at this news brief that will be in tomorrows State News:
    http://www.statenews.com/article.phtml?pk=38343

    City Council to hear about gallery relocation

    By KRIS TURNER

    The State News

    The building that houses (SCENE) Metrospace art gallery is slated for demolition to make way for a newer development.

    Sharon Radtke, East Lansing's arts coordinator, said she is going before the East Lansing City Council to seek possible locations to house the gallery. Moving into the space once used by Aroma Gourmet Coffee & Tea, 110 Charles St., is one possibility, Radtke added.

    "We want the program to continue; we just have to find another space before the first of the year," she said. "We are exploring some other places."

    The City Council will meet at 7 p.m. today in City Hall, 410 Abbott Road.
  • hoodhood
    I can't wait to see this project become a more solid proposal, with dates and official renderings released.
  • JaredJared
    With the merging of Citizens Bank and the other bank (can't remember the name right now), this means that the Citizen's Bank located at the corner of Abbott and Grand River is going to close. It will be moved to the preexisting location in the shopping center at the corner of Hagadorn and Grand River. This will probably affect the project, as Citizens Bank was going to be an extensive tenant of the building. They occupied the current large building at the corner, and moved directly across the street until the Museum Place was finished, with plans to move into the new building. Now those offices may be located in Flint.
  • JaredJared
    Here is the link to the LSJ story. I usually think business mergers between Michigan companies is a good thing, but here it seems to have a negative effect on this project.
  • JaredJared
    I think that is for the MSU art museum, aka Kresge Art Museum, which is currently planning a move to Grand River across from the Student Services building.

    http://newsroom.msu.edu/site/indexer/3105/content.htm
  • JaredJared
    Here is the news:

    Michigan State University will be the home of a new world-class art museum focusing on modern and contemporary art thanks to a gift of $26 million from philanthropist and MSU alumnus Eli Broad and his wife, Edythe.

    The museum, to be named the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum pending approval from the MSU Board of Trustees at their June 15 meeting, will be the new home of the university's art collection, currently housed on campus in the Kresge Art Museum. The Broad gift is the largest individual cash gift in the university's history.

    Read more at http://special.newsroom.msu.edu/museumofart/index.php
  • cliffordzangcliffordzang
    I think it's going to be a great improvement. As usual, in the comments of the LSJ story, there are some uninformed people asking why the Broads would give money for a project like this instead of helping the students. Oh, how a little research helps you from looking so uninformed sometimes. :-)
  • Jennifer TJennifer T
    Jared, do you have any current updates on The Museum Place, or pictures/renderings? Thanks!
  • JaredJared
    edited June 2007
    Well, the Museum Place has seemed to be pushed out of the spotlight for a while, probably due to budget contraints with getting commercial tenants, and also with the relocation of current tenants. Now that (scene) Metrospace has moved, all of the tenants of the affected properties have been relocated.

    The Request for Proposal for Lot 1 in East Lansing mentioned that they expect construction for the Museum Place to begin within the next 24-36 months, and previous speculation was that the buildings would be torn down this summer, and the land would be used as a gravel parking lot until all funding and support could be lined up to start construction.

    I don't have any new renderings since the extremely modern design was unveiled. I think that design (the swiss-cheese building) has significantly changed, and I would expect something not so futuristic looking to be built.
  • hoodhood
    The newest design for this project, on the property listing it says construction is anticipated to begin in spring/summer 2008.

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