The houses on N Butler look so much like the surrounding neighborhood I did not know they were newer. You really have to look closely to pick the new ones out. Wow how did those get built? I am truly hoping that the next group of government leaders will turn back to our cities,and help build quality housing in the city that will help stop suburban sprawl by having people live on already developed urban land.
It would seem that I am one of those 399 people who moved to Lansing last year, and let me say it's so nice to be here. Thanks for giving a forum for my Old Lansing stories and my hopes for today and for future Lansing. It is an exciting time to be here.
It turns out the new house I had noted at Park Ave, and Hammond St. was built by the Ingham County Land Bank. It is really nice and very affordable for a nice three bedroom house in a nice neighborhood.
That house is brand new. The house it replaced was pretty old, it is in the background of many of my family's snap shots as I grew up across the street. The new design really fits in the neighborhood, but it does not look at all like the house it replaced,it's better! The old one may have been torn down for a while as the lot was all covered with grass. In my house shopping I have noticed many Ingham county Land Bank houses they all look real nice and have a reasonable price. I saw this house on a real estate web site.
I also noticed this move. It is a really large facility that is very specialized. I would say that another oil distribution company would be the only business that would go in there. It did seem to happen quickly, and I wonder did they go out of business or move somewhere else? Another type of business would be great as to take the oil tanks away from the river. Wasn't the building right next to the Kalamazoo St. bridge an oil business? If so maybe they could do something else with this site too.
I am very impressed with this development. I have often imagined such a "cottage court" as a way to put a dense housing development on a small urban lot. I think they might be optimistic about the price they will get, but everyone selling a house is. The google street view shows them last summer.
One thing I don't get - where are the 12 other houses supposed to go? Seems like the immediate neighborhood is already chocked full of nice houses. I'd rather see old houses get rehabbed than torn down to build new.... Maybe I'm missing something?
It looks like they did rehab a couple of the old houses, the lots seem very deep, maybe that's where the new units will fit. I am going to take a drive past over there and see it live!
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It would seem that I am one of those 399 people who moved to Lansing last year, and let me say it's so nice to be here. Thanks for giving a forum for my Old Lansing stories and my hopes for today and for future Lansing. It is an exciting time to be here.
When going up the street in google street view you can get a good before and after image.