Thanks for the investigation into the Black Warehouse. I really like hearing it a owned by a clothing maker, and not a MMJ grow center! Maybe they will be bringing people and jobs to the neighborhood soon.
You are very welcome, sitting in boxes is not where they should be. I have the books you've listed and they have been a great resource.
After posting the dam in north town pictures yesterday, I realized I left it that hanging, unfinished......the dam was replaced by 1934.
This photo show the pride Lansing took in it's civic facilities, building beautiful buildings for things like pump houses and transformers. That area today looks neglected, the cement fish ladder is stained and dirty there is bad graffiti art painted on the cement bowl, and weeds growing everywhere. I have yet to see a fish in the ladder. This is an area tourist are directed to, they must feel disappointed, like me, when they see it.
Of course it does look better than the industrial wasteland that was there before, I think they could just take better care of the area and the fish ladder itself. It would not be very expensive to dig out the weeds and power wash the cement.
I absolutely agree it needs to be maintained better now that it is becoming a major draw for visitors to the city. I park there while visiting at the MICA Gallery and there is broken glass, litter and an overall "dirty/seedy" look that makes you want to park elsewhere.
In the early eighties, we used to go out once a month and clean up around the dam and the clean the trash boom of debris. By 1990, that had stopped and it was only done if there was a complaint or some big stuck on the boom. (Youngest on the crew at the time, guess who had to get hooked to the crane and hung over the river to release the trees and stumps ?) It has improved since then. There is still room to improve that area.
Here is the construction of a well house you were speaking of. Craftsmanship, period. Built of local brick, and stone with local bricklayers; something we have lost in the area known for producing brick and tile from local clay deposits. Now, low bid wins.
I believe there is another nice looking pumping station next to the Larch Street overpass on the North side.
I agree that the REOtown BWL is a nice looking building. They still seem to have an idea of design and pride in the new public facilities they have built even now. That is why is seems so strange that they are so focused on the sunken garden area. By the way the little garden is very beautiful this season, right now all the summer flowers are in bloom and the little pond actually has fish swimming about, please take a moment to pull off the road or the river trail and visit.
This is very nice. I do remember when the old Y was the only one, LCC held some of their Phys.Ed. classes their before they had their own facilities. The "weights room" was through a short door in the side of the shower room, it was actually a windowless space or room between the shower room wall and the wall of the swimming pool, "kind of strange" I would always think going to my class there. I really like how they commemorated both the Y and Lansing Central, my Dad was in the class of '38. Other than the actual pavement on the streets, which is still really bad, LCC has really beautified the whole campus area. I like how the landscaping is not the one petunia here another a foot away approach, the landscape is more flowers more trees more lawns, more than you would expect. Very beautiful and worth a visit.
Sorry, caught the horrible flu and wasn't doing any scanning work. So, pictures. This is a poster that hung in the Verlinden Street Fisher Body Plant during early World War 2. It's under archival sheeting that causes slight reflections. They (I have different one from 1944) are 31 x 40 inches, so quite large.
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After posting the dam in north town pictures yesterday, I realized I left it that hanging, unfinished......the dam was replaced by 1934.
In the early eighties, we used to go out once a month and clean up around the dam and the clean the trash boom of debris. By 1990, that had stopped and it was only done if there was a complaint or some big stuck on the boom. (Youngest on the crew at the time, guess who had to get hooked to the crane and hung over the river to release the trees and stumps ?) It has improved since then. There is still room to improve that area.
Here is the construction of a well house you were speaking of. Craftsmanship, period. Built of local brick, and stone with local bricklayers; something we have lost in the area known for producing brick and tile from local clay deposits. Now, low bid wins.
I agree that the REOtown BWL is a nice looking building. They still seem to have an idea of design and pride in the new public facilities they have built even now. That is why is seems so strange that they are so focused on the sunken garden area. By the way the little garden is very beautiful this season, right now all the summer flowers are in bloom and the little pond actually has fish swimming about, please take a moment to pull off the road or the river trail and visit.