I took these photos years and years ago, now, at Tower on Grand. It just feels so weird to finally see construction after so many false starts. Still miss the old City Club building, though. At the time, it was the one of the oldest remaining buildings in town, and they tore it down for a few extra parking spaces.
Building next door was old, too, but had long since been stripped of its exterior beyond recognition.
That was a cool little building. In a different universe I could see the original portion still there, sandwiched between two skyscrapers. That being said, I can't say that I'd be arguing too much against its demolition even today if it still existed. It is a little sad that we had to see old buildings razed for new development on a street with virtually all surfacing parking with a bonus aging riverfront parking garage.
I snapped a picture of the beginnings of work on the fish ladder amphitheater early last week (below). I'll be around getting pictures of all the major goings-ons again at some point this week: both the LHC apartments have nearly completed elevator cores, work appears back underway at Ovation, a small crane is up at Tower on Grand, more work at the fish ladder, West Hillsdale apartments, MSU projects... It's good to have a list like that.
It is almost unbelievable to see all of these projects are actually happening, the fish ladder had become an eyesore imo, the plan looks great. It looks like this was always going to be an amphitheater but was never finished. It is cool that I have lived long enough to see this area go from industrial waste land to this great outdoor community green space and diverse active neighborhood.
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I took these photos years and years ago, now, at Tower on Grand. It just feels so weird to finally see construction after so many false starts. Still miss the old City Club building, though. At the time, it was the one of the oldest remaining buildings in town, and they tore it down for a few extra parking spaces.
Building next door was old, too, but had long since been stripped of its exterior beyond recognition.
But, better days ahead, finally.
As you say, better days.