The bodies/chassis (which are the same piece in modern unibody cars), were built at Verlinden and then shipped to Plant 1 for final assembly. I'm not sure specifically what the building west of MLK was used for, but I think it was either where the bodies from Verlinden were loaded in or where the finished cars rolled out.
It was were the finished cars rolled out. You could often see the "bodies from Fisher Body" come over to the assembly plant. That was about 3/4 of the whole body which was painted and finished, of other words the passenger compartment,doors, rear quarter panels, trunk, trunk hood, I am not sure if they painted all of the body panels at Fisher Body, but they were all put together over on Logan[MLK] and Olds Ave. I think the building may have been called the final assembly building. The building was the first built west of Logan street bridge, and was built in the 60's, then the building became located in the middle of the new boulevard, so they built an over pass and the building west of the new bridge. They took down a lot of the old neighborhood there for employee parking, as the area they once parked became new car parking areas, the same place as now, only thousands more employees filled the new lots, not hundreds like today. It was very crazy at shift change on old four lane Logan Street.
I saw a fellow from GM saying don't worry we are gong to fill Lansing. That sounds encouraging. I hope they fill up the west side.
It was a long time ago but think they went over the north bound and under the south bound bridges. There was an enclosed over pass on the north bound side. The used tracks that went to Fisher Body for the transport of the black chassis frames ,paint and steel into the plant. They trucked all the finished product down Claire street to Olds Ave. where the lines all started there down by Elm street. I went to Sexton then and when the wind blow from the north the air seemed thick and smelled really bad.
I was down to Moores Park today and some sort of project is under way. They have built a ramp and are dumping huge boulders into the river right below the damn. Anybody know what they are doing there?
Marshall St is on the left, the field runs parallel to it, the taller part of the school in the foreground looks like a future addition. BTW I was using the two floor section with sloping roof lines to orient myself with the satellite view.
He said that they are replacing the liquor store with something that serves the neighborhood better. I wonder what the status is of the places above the building just east of this one?
Anyone know the status of the 3-4 story apt building on the west side of this street? Seemed like it had a fire a few years ago but was slowly being rehabbed or something....I haven't been by there in awhile. That would be another important little project.
It's great to see this little strip get some attention. I was really glad when the Eastside Party Store closed, I was only in there a couple times and the shelves were practically empty, the only things they seemed interested in selling were alcohol and tobacco. From the outside the building looks pretty solid and it sounds as though they've done a good job on the apartments, now they just need some nicer storefronts.
@MJ/Michmatters Yeah the apartments you're talking about are the Penfil Apartments, the renovation has been done for a little while now (at least a year I think). There was definitely some concern when it had a fire, there's so few apartment buildings like that in Lansing it would've really hurt to lose.
Penfil is its original name, I didn't know the new developer had renamed them. I assumed they were open as I've seen lights on and what looks like curtains/blinds in the windows as I've passed by.
I recently found out of one my friends is involved with Artists Avenue. The lofts are small and hipster-ish. Looks like a great place for young trendies.
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I saw a fellow from GM saying don't worry we are gong to fill Lansing. That sounds encouraging. I hope they fill up the west side.
I was down to Moores Park today and some sort of project is under way. They have built a ramp and are dumping huge boulders into the river right below the damn. Anybody know what they are doing there?
@MJ/Michmatters Yeah the apartments you're talking about are the Penfil Apartments, the renovation has been done for a little while now (at least a year I think). There was definitely some concern when it had a fire, there's so few apartment buildings like that in Lansing it would've really hurt to lose.
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