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I wanted to alert anyone here who is renting. Here at the Fountain Place where I have lived for over five years, they recently installed a new manager, she took offence the first week she was here, basically because I asked her to do her job. Long s…
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On my walk I noticed that the for sale sign in gone from the old QD bottling plant and there were some people there on the roof who may have been doing some sort of inspection. It would be great this building be repurposed. I also watched the BWL fa…
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Good to see downtown 496 will be part of these plans.
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I agree that the trees often get the "cut first talk later" treatment. I guess that attitude comes from the idea that we have so many trees who it going to miss a few we cut down? Mature trees are so much better for the environment just by the fact…
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Today there is an article in the online LSJ about this new traffic rotary. I seems like the are expecting large increases in traffic around the hospital, which I guess will happen. Traffic circles can be safer, but also they can be confusing, and k…
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I don't have any drone shots but I was impressed the other day with the look of the new Graduate Hotel. It is looking very nice with light greys and darker brick work and very large windows as it nears completion. I noticed there is a very cool loo…
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I look forward to seeing how this will work out. There is room for a whole new neighborhood over there. I have not seen the new tree cuts I guess they may need to change the name of the street from Forest Road. It's always the trees get it first ar…
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I like this idea, I have had similar ideas about what to do with that huge area. It would be good to include all of "Frandor" in a new street and sidewalk plan. I could see a "Main Street" going from north to south through the Frandor parking lots u…
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Here in REOtown at the new Ellison Brewery they laid some nice old bricks in the outside "patio"? area. The bricks have makers marks printed in them and look like the may be reclaimed from an old building ,there a lot more of them piled up inside. I…
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This is great news! I really do hope they start over from the ground up at this site. The Sears building had some nice Mid-Century -Modern features but it really is just a '50s version of a big box store surround by a sea of blacktop and most of the…
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I believe the council has approved the new Form Based Code this week. It will be interesting to see how the code effects and improves the plans for new developments.
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There is an article in the LSJ.com today about a new restaurant/pizza/provisions shop being put together by the Detroit Frankie's Pizza and the Good Truckin' Diner owners at 3135 S Pennsylvania. Sounds like a good plan but the location has had seve…
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I noticed on my walk today that Principal Financial has moved from the old bus station into the two story office building at 608 S Washington that has been under renovation. I wonder what kind of business could move into the old station, maybe a nig…
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Today I heard about a huge project that is being planned for the Grand Rapids downtown riverfront. It is a big plan with large parks, pedestrian bridges over the Grand River and a river rapids course and zipline rides over the river, a large perform…
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The signal light that I noticed was out is back on! , I think some one read my post! It seems to be a slightly less bright and blinks on and off rather than strobe flashes. Thanks for the information, there is another large tower in the BWL yard th…
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The renovation of the old REO building into the Allison Brewery has restarted, I was happy to see. That is a really big space I hope it will help to expand REOtown redevelopment down the street to the south. I am worried that the former Quality Dair…
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I agree those blocks with the many standing 100 year old buildings could be another "Old Town" center. "West Town" could keep the "town" theme going or maybe "St. Lawrence Town". There are already several anchor businesses like the Rite Ad and El …
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I was not sure what the building was before I thought it was a mattress outlet, but it is the one right next to the tracks across from the old train station and BWL on S Washington. I just happened to notice it had been cleared out while on a walk. …
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The building next to the CN tracks on the north may have been sold as all of what ever was in there has been cleared out and the for sale sign is gone. It would be great to see something going on in that large building.
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Just a point of interest, I took a tour of the new Capital View Apartments the other day. It is a very successful renovation, very clean and modern looking. As it is a renovation of a '60s building that was built in the old school brick cement and s…