Wow catching site of one of those woodpeckers is rare, so cool that these birds are in a city park. I hear the big woodpeckers in my forest but rarely see them, I do see the smaller downy woodpeckers up there and around Lansing parks and trails. thanks for posting.
I haven't been out that way in forever, you're talking about the apartment complex sort of in front of the plaza?
On another note, the developers for the student building on Albert are back with a 10-floor proposal with the same footprint and essentially the same design. A very 'meh' building but added density nonetheless.
No, this site is right on Chandler Road on the north side of the NoCal? [with the green window wells] apartment complex in an open space that was just a field.
This depiction looks like the last one but shorter, I guess. There is also a surface lot in this one. That lot doesn't seem large enough for the surface parking lot and this building. Looking at google maps I can see how that might work. With the "new Student Bookstore building" right in the next block there will be a lot of construction hassles if they both are built at the same time.
Down on E. Grand River Ave the women's clothing store Pitaya has a for lease sign, one less non-food shop which is very popular with the women college students. Maybe they are moving to another spot. Next to the Curious Bookshop a new Korean/Asian restaurant in moving into a long vacant storefront. The storefront renovations next to the Peanut Barrel seems to have stopped. The Student Bookstore Building is looking neglected with dirty windows and a ripped canopy; I wonder when the new building there will be constructed. On Albert they actually power washed the sidewalk on the south side! It was the first time they washed the sidewalk in the five years that I have lived down here. Whoever decided to do that has my great thanks! I guess Gr. River Ave is next for washing. there are also several more of those streetside cameras on the side streets. I am started to think they are creepy.
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On another note, the developers for the student building on Albert are back with a 10-floor proposal with the same footprint and essentially the same design. A very 'meh' building but added density nonetheless.
This depiction looks like the last one but shorter, I guess. There is also a surface lot in this one. That lot doesn't seem large enough for the surface parking lot and this building. Looking at google maps I can see how that might work. With the "new Student Bookstore building" right in the next block there will be a lot of construction hassles if they both are built at the same time.
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