I tend to like graffiti art vs. tagging, I suppose the students would redecorate the area if it were to be covered over. It's cool I understand but it cost a lot of money to remove. I was over there yesterday it was so nice to see so many people out there to support the students.
I think of it as a place for students to hone their craft, shake out their early thoughts, and either create beautiful artwork under the bridge or elsewhere. Having it so close to the art school made a lot of sense to me.
MSU is in the process of creating an updated campus master plan, in one of the documents discussing the process there's a map showing short term and long term building opportunities along with outlines of already approved buildings. All the known projects are there with one additional one, a large building filling up the entirety of the west parking lot at the Shaw Ln split. This is a very prominent spot and there are no new projects of this scale listed on the MSU construction projects site so it's a mystery for now.
MSU has removed all the trees from the Farm Lane and Shaw Lane green space where a new student organization building is going to be built. The trees were not very large, but it is always kind of shocking to see for the first time. One thing about MSU is when they say they are going to build something they do.
Could the unannounced building possibly be a parking garage? Kind of an unfortunate (if convenient) spot, but the new technology building wipes out lot 56 on the southwest corner.
The map also shows a possible expansion of the education building, and green space on the northwest corner of Shaw/Farm, both of which also currently have parking.
@mindbender I don't think it'd be a parking garage as the potential parking sites are labeled by greyed out "P" icons, unless they just didn't label it as such because it's already approved as opposed to "potential". I'd agree that would be a horrible spot for a parking ramp, between Shaw & Spartan Stadium would seem much more sensible. I double checked this and last year's trustee meeting agendas and found nothing on this new building or anything much of note...
...Other than that MSU just purchased the Eyde office buildings at Hagadorn & Hannah. I wouldn't be surprised to see MSU establish more of their public interfacing medical facilities over here and if MSU ever establishes a university run hospital I wouldn't be too surprised if it were on this property.
hood - All the known projects are there with one additional one, a large building filling up the entirety of the west parking lot at the Shaw Ln split. This is a very prominent spot and there are no new projects of this scale listed on the MSU construction projects site so it's a mystery for now
Question - where do did you read/see this? Can't find it in the documentation links you shared.
@P2005 There's a map on page 8 labeled "Development Framework Concept". The solid dark burgundy color represents projects approved by the board of trustees, the map shows all the buildings that I'm aware of being approved in that color: the multicultural building (NE corner of Farm & Shaw), new IM (SE corner of Harrison & Shaw), new engineering building (SW corner of Red Cedar & Shaw) and the new plant & environmental sciences building (NW corner of Farm & Wilson). Then there's a large block of that same color between north & south Shaw west of Red Cedar, there's nothing I see on the MSU current projects list that matches up with it.
Thanks for posting this information, now when I walk by the Farm Lane Bridge, I can understand the removal of all the trees and greenery in that area. It does seem a bit strange to see the plan for building a pedestrian bridge right there next to the Farm Lane Bridge which is depicted as having wide sidewalks on both sides of the road. I think a pedestrian bridge further east upriver would make more sense, as there are none on the eastern side of campus.
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https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/michigan-state-28019.appspot.com/o/MSU Facilities and Land Use Plan_BOT December Review.pdf?alt=media&token=d3519f54-f3b8-4c01-a437-4f35e1f6dcc4
Here's the master plan site, there's a form at the bottom of the page where they're asking for community input if anyone's interested:
https://projects.sasaki.com/msu/#resources
The map also shows a possible expansion of the education building, and green space on the northwest corner of Shaw/Farm, both of which also currently have parking.
One garage to wipe out 3 lots?
...Other than that MSU just purchased the Eyde office buildings at Hagadorn & Hannah. I wouldn't be surprised to see MSU establish more of their public interfacing medical facilities over here and if MSU ever establishes a university run hospital I wouldn't be too surprised if it were on this property.
hood -
All the known projects are there with one additional one, a large building filling up the entirety of the west parking lot at the Shaw Ln split. This is a very prominent spot and there are no new projects of this scale listed on the MSU construction projects site so it's a mystery for now
Question - where do did you read/see this? Can't find it in the documentation links you shared.
MSU current projects list:
https://ipf.msu.edu/real-estate-and-capital-planning/current-projects?page=0
Page 8 of this PDF:
https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/michigan-state-28019.appspot.com/o/MSU Facilities and Land Use Plan_BOT December Review.pdf?alt=media&token=d3519f54-f3b8-4c01-a437-4f35e1f6dcc4