It's nice to have landmarks like this but I don't know why they chose a traditional brick clocktower design. It doesn't fit in with anything on LCC's campus.
I think it is OK not really spectacular,is this a computer generated depiction, it kind of looks like video game art. If the clock face area and other light details are sandstone and there are textured red bricks as is kind of indicated it will have a a nod to Lansing architectural details if not L.C.C. itself. I never like the "tower" that is there now. it looks like a guard tower, and it has those awful rope textured cement panels that were all the rage in the 70's, and what is that old tower anyway? I think it is a vent pipe. I think they have done such a great job of turning the area into a real campus it really is nice down there these days.
Are we talking about the old water tower (I think) that is part of the Gannon Building? Yes, I have no idea why that was ever part of the building either... not sure how old that building is, but I didn't think it was that old.
The tower was built at the same time as the Gannon building. I was a student at LCC when the building opened in the mid 70's. I am not sure of it's function, but I am sure it is ugly it was then and still is.
I drove along Greenlawn and it was so nice, that is the street that goes to the hospital and it was a mess. Now it is so nice, I imagine Lansing with every street like that. Over on Clemens the new street makes that little neighborhood look so much better than before. Of course over on W. Mt. Hope between MLK and Pattengill they have already dug up the new pavement in about five places for utilities I assume, so now there are bumps in the pavement that has not even been down for a year. I think who ever digs up new pavement should be required to repave the surface of the street with the same materials, and without any change in the level of the street. On Mt hope they have patched the holes with different paving material and it is already sinking and I am sure it will fall apart in the winter. Why wasn't this work done at the same time as the repaving? It does not look like it was done for any emergency reason. It just bums me out to see this kind of poor planning, and stupidity. I am sure that even those few blocks cost thousands of dollars to put down and they they come along and dig it up with in months.
Interesting, fun, but kind of ugly. Maybe they could set a small merry-go-round or some sort of attraction for that area as well. It is sort of a block you just pass through, it will be good to have people using that part of the park. I think that block and the block in front of the Lansing center could be small business/entrepreneurs areas, they could offer local arts and crafts food drinks, maybe pedicab rides. Getting people to stop and spend some time and money downtown would be great!
It would seem like the powers that be are having trouble putting the shovel in the ground at the Red Cedar site. I was hoping we would see the start of construction by now. I'm kind of old and would like to see this area developed while I am still able to get over there! [like in the next 30 years!] Well the LSJ tells it all better than I can, I hope they get it together.
My interpretation is this will be patchwork. We'll see though. Great to hear something will be done. Would have been nice to have gotten this done before the Capital City River Run half-marathon and marathon where we had close to 3,000 people running down Michigan Ave and risking ankle or foot injuries.
I'm content to just see patchwork for now, though it should have been done a year or two ago. Of course if the BRT falls through then the street/sidewalk/streetscaping will still need a full reconstruction.
The City Pulse has notices for public hearings on the PILOTs for both The Crossing and Shiawassee Senior Lofts on September 26th. With any luck there should be some more info and maybe site plans/renderings for these projects in the upcoming council meeting packet.
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LCC’s campus improvements part of larger academic initiative
CityPulse: http://lansingcitypulse.com/article-13679-institution-of-ambient-learning.html
I drove along Greenlawn and it was so nice, that is the street that goes to the hospital and it was a mess. Now it is so nice, I imagine Lansing with every street like that. Over on Clemens the new street makes that little neighborhood look so much better than before. Of course over on W. Mt. Hope between MLK and Pattengill they have already dug up the new pavement in about five places for utilities I assume, so now there are bumps in the pavement that has not even been down for a year. I think who ever digs up new pavement should be required to repave the surface of the street with the same materials, and without any change in the level of the street. On Mt hope they have patched the holes with different paving material and it is already sinking and I am sure it will fall apart in the winter. Why wasn't this work done at the same time as the repaving? It does not look like it was done for any emergency reason. It just bums me out to see this kind of poor planning, and stupidity. I am sure that even those few blocks cost thousands of dollars to put down and they they come along and dig it up with in months.
The City Pulse has notices for public hearings on the PILOTs for both The Crossing and Shiawassee Senior Lofts on September 26th. With any luck there should be some more info and maybe site plans/renderings for these projects in the upcoming council meeting packet.