I drove by this campus over the weekend, and it looks like work is well underway. It will be much nicer once the older, remaining buildings are rehab'd - there's still a lot of plywood up on the old window openings.
I drove down Willow yesterday and saw the elevator tower and the first walls of the new apartment buildings are going up at The School for The Blind site. I think it is interesting that these new buildings around town are mainly wood-framed structures, I wonder about sound from the neighbors. My old building is brick and cement and is very quiet. Also, is the development still going to be called Walnut Park? Maybe we should change the name of this page to that, but I'm sure it will take folks around here a while to stop calling it The School for The Blind. I still often say Olds instead of GM.
Thanks for the update. I haven't been up that way in a long time and it's good to hear that construction is well under way. I'll have to make it point to drive by there soon.
Yeah, the building does look larger than I thought. When I took this picture was the first time I'd been by the site since construction began, I'm going to try to remember to go by there in a couple months or so to see how the facade looks. Regarding the materials, as far as I can tell the building is essentially all wood, I'm sure with some metal beams low down.
As for the picture size, I uploaded it from my phone thinking it would automatically resize. It's just showing as a link for me, is it the same for you?
Yes, I agree! this building looks so great, and really successfully references the academic buildings of the old school. It makes me happy to see a developer building something that looks better then it has to.
They really look great. I need to make my way up there and see them in person. It would be great to see this developer take on more projects in Lansing.
For affordable housing we really could be getting much worse. I think wanting to fit in with the School for the Blind was why they used these materials. It would be great if they could rehab the old Walter French school after this project.
This building looks like Lansing to me, a nice looking urban apartment building the fits into its surroundings not trying to look like something else. I have not heard that the rest of the project there has begun. I hope we can get some more shovels in the ground before Washington[t] really messes up the economy.
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Good point, green parking lots and more trees are always better. I do like how it does not look like "senior housing".
I drove by this campus over the weekend, and it looks like work is well underway. It will be much nicer once the older, remaining buildings are rehab'd - there's still a lot of plywood up on the old window openings.
I drove down Willow yesterday and saw the elevator tower and the first walls of the new apartment buildings are going up at The School for The Blind site. I think it is interesting that these new buildings around town are mainly wood-framed structures, I wonder about sound from the neighbors. My old building is brick and cement and is very quiet. Also, is the development still going to be called Walnut Park? Maybe we should change the name of this page to that, but I'm sure it will take folks around here a while to stop calling it The School for The Blind. I still often say Olds instead of GM.
Thanks for the update. I haven't been up that way in a long time and it's good to hear that construction is well under way. I'll have to make it point to drive by there soon.
Yeah, the building does look larger than I thought. When I took this picture was the first time I'd been by the site since construction began, I'm going to try to remember to go by there in a couple months or so to see how the facade looks. Regarding the materials, as far as I can tell the building is essentially all wood, I'm sure with some metal beams low down.
As for the picture size, I uploaded it from my phone thinking it would automatically resize. It's just showing as a link for me, is it the same for you?
Yes, I agree! this building looks so great, and really successfully references the academic buildings of the old school. It makes me happy to see a developer building something that looks better then it has to.
This building looks like Lansing to me, a nice looking urban apartment building the fits into its surroundings not trying to look like something else. I have not heard that the rest of the project there has begun. I hope we can get some more shovels in the ground before Washington[t] really messes up the economy.