Comparison
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Indianapolis, the city I spoke of that I would never want to live in... and seems like a large city that has nothing to do at all ( including downtown). As I was reviewing google map it was brought to my attention how similar the layout of the cities are. Including highways and mainstreets.
We all know the story of Portland experiecing sprawl, and they decided to to come up with a model to stop such. Looking at Portland downtown ( not skyline) I'm impress, and think it was done well ( at least from what I've seen). I've recently heard mentions that Grand Rapids is using the Portland model also. With that said, is there any city model/ urban model ( like the Portland model) that Lansing is using to create it's downtown?
Anyone know what the IBM downtown Lansing office does? (the one at One Michigan Ave.) If this new IBM center in E. Lansing grows as predicted, maybe IBM would consolidate Lansing operations into the current Accident Fund building...or even better, build a new office tower in downtown Lansing!!!
Coolbreeze, yahoo images have some good pictures if you search "downtown lansing," "lansing skyline," and a personal favorite of mine "silver bells in the city". You get lots of flickr images that are pretty good.
The IBM building in downtown Lansing is primarily for government and corporate sales, not a research and development office like the one proposed for MSU's campus.
Comments
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Indianapolis, the city I spoke of that I would never want to live in... and seems like a large city that has nothing to do at all ( including downtown). As I was reviewing google map it was brought to my attention how similar the layout of the cities are. Including highways and mainstreets.
http://www.wnj.com/files/Office/d81a1b2f-3e42-4844-b047-0a1113a547b4/Presentation/ceFileUpload1/Lansing_area_map.jpg
http://www.yourpreferredrealtor.us/files/1195249/indianapolis_map_2_reszie.JPG
These maps are a little off for comparison. I would recommand to view google map to compare better.
http://www.spartaninternet.com/lansing_office_space.asp
Coolbreeze, yahoo images have some good pictures if you search "downtown lansing," "lansing skyline," and a personal favorite of mine "silver bells in the city". You get lots of flickr images that are pretty good.