I hope they do figure out a way to save the old buildings. The Abigail building will need help to brake the "hunted old institution look". It's kind of creepy right now. IMO! I wonder if all this housing is built there it will extend Old Town type of redevelopment of the existing housing and commercial buildings. It is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Lansing, it could see brick sidewalks and gaslights, and of course repaved streets. I think that if the current "leader" remains in DC, we will have to do these types of projects ourselves. If the millage [sp?] for streets and sidewalks passes it would be an indication that people are willing to do it ourselves.
The article says construction will start July 3rd.
Construction of its first phase, a $12.5 million development called Walnut Park Apartments with 72 mixed-income, multi-family units, is expected to last 12 to 14 months. Starting in July, crews are expected to tear down the auditorium and conduct environmental testing before the four-story, 106,500-square-foot complex is built.
I find that computer generated depictions often do not look very good. This looks kind of dated and basic. I do like that it is not phony looking and I would like to see a depiction that better shows the more contemporary details that are there if you look closely. I think the park like setting calls for subtle facade materials like this brick. The colorful treatments have grown on me a bit, they look good from far away!
It's great to see this actually happening, that neighborhood is in desperate need of something positive. I hope that someone can manage to build some retail on the remaining property.
Yeah, looks to be better materials than some of Gillespie's developments. I still wish we could come up with something better than a large surface parking lot in front. There's barely any trees in the middle of the parking lot, and nothing really to collect storm-water runoff. But this is better than what we've seen elsewhere.
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EDIT: I was going to repost that link because I couldn't see it in your post lol
@Jared Is it possible to change the color of the links or something to make them stand out?
@hood, I made it so that links in the messages are underlined. Does that make it easier to see the links?
@Jared Thanks, that makes them a lot easier to see.
I hope they do figure out a way to save the old buildings. The Abigail building will need help to brake the "hunted old institution look". It's kind of creepy right now. IMO! I wonder if all this housing is built there it will extend Old Town type of redevelopment of the existing housing and commercial buildings. It is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Lansing, it could see brick sidewalks and gaslights, and of course repaved streets. I think that if the current "leader" remains in DC, we will have to do these types of projects ourselves. If the millage [sp?] for streets and sidewalks passes it would be an indication that people are willing to do it ourselves.
Story about this project in the LSJ looks like it is going to start soon.
Here's a link to the story, http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2017/05/01/school-blind-project-date-set/101023694/
The article says construction will start July 3rd.
I find that computer generated depictions often do not look very good. This looks kind of dated and basic. I do like that it is not phony looking and I would like to see a depiction that better shows the more contemporary details that are there if you look closely. I think the park like setting calls for subtle facade materials like this brick. The colorful treatments have grown on me a bit, they look good from far away!
It's great to see this actually happening, that neighborhood is in desperate need of something positive. I hope that someone can manage to build some retail on the remaining property.
This looks pretty good, a nice urban look.
Yeah, looks to be better materials than some of Gillespie's developments. I still wish we could come up with something better than a large surface parking lot in front. There's barely any trees in the middle of the parking lot, and nothing really to collect storm-water runoff. But this is better than what we've seen elsewhere.