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I read where Lansing is the number one affordable {mid sized} city to live, in the whole country! That is pretty cool, that is one reason I live here. Maybe having the worst streets to drive on helps to keep home values "affordable".
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That is great news! Maybe we will get some new drawings or new ideas for the design. I guess Lansing is happy with lowrise buildings, which is fine really. it is kind of a distinction of our city. I hope they will build low rise buildings that are o…
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I think we were all hoping for something more exciting and interesting in the way of design. I was waiting for a simplified less expensive plan for a while now. As to why this always seems to happen in Lansing is a question there seems to be no answ…
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Let's get this thing going! It makes me crazy when I hear the phrase "construction may start by the end of the year" again. I think if they do it right it could be a unique setting with water flowing through and under the buildings and could be a mo…
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It is good to hear they are at least considering these things.
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The park on W Mt Hope pre-dates almost all of the buildings there now.I knew some kids in college that lived there. It was not so bad back then but I would not say it was nice either. Way back it was kind of the edge of town in the middle of an area…
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I wrote with some of my ideas for tree trimming and road paving to the BWL, and they wrote back! It seems that they will put utilities underground if each customer along a line wants to pay for it. I was speaking about an overall plan of putting all…
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In REOtown the river level is pretty close to our parking lot's level and is higher than I have seen it in the time I have been back here. I parked on higher ground. From the two Elm Street bridges you can see the water is very high. The north bank …
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If anyone is planning to go out that way be sure to avoid St. Joe Hwy. there are so many huge potholes it is dangerous. Michigan Ave is better.
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I saw a great photo of the original Logan Center on the Historical Society's Facebook page, it had two supermarkets two departments stores and many smaller stores. I don't think that huge parking lot was ever full even back then. Over on S Cedar, …
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There is a farmer's market at St. Casimir's parking lot on W. Barnes, it is on an odd day Thursday and starts at 3 pm so it is easy to forget about it. A farmer's market somewhere on S. Washington [maybe in the street]on a Friday or Saturday morning…
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What is happening in Detroit is really amazing when you think about what it looked like in recent history. The Detroit District and arena look great on TV. I look at the Curbed Detroit page often. I wish the wealth was spreading out into the vast ne…
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There have been improvements to the rental housing here in REOtown which lead to an increase in the number of people living down here. In my building, they have been in a process of replacing the 60's era aluminum framed windows with modern efficien…
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I have not been all over Detroit, but I did notice that much of I-96 has been rebuilt recently [when?] and they have nicely landscaped the sides of the highway and around the overpasses. Our expressways would benefit from the same treatment. The "B…
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I do not have any pictures, my Dad had a Sunoco station on the corner of Main Street and Logan. On Main Street, there was a couple of churches small corner stores and lots of small bungalow type houses very old and very used, on down to fine big hou…
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In the 60's this was the site of the Jupiter Department Store, which we called Jupiter's. It was a five and dime kind of store. There was a lot of that type of store downtown. In this photo, you can see the first idea they had for malling S. Washint…
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It seems to me that projects with the least government involvement charge right ahead, while the projects looking for lots of funds etc. take forever to get going. I was impressed by the huge construction crane at the site up the street. I have nev…
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It's true that 496 was a big mistake, dividing the city and destroying something like 900 buildings. Lansing was proud of its new modern expressway back then so I guess they built the bridges so you could see it. My idea about a greenway would be …
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Oh, thanks, I see that now and I agree they have the best plan for the old City Hall. The gap between downtown and REOtown is real, but I think there are a few ways it could be closed. One would be to build in the airspace over 496, but with all t…
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I am wondering if the Mayor wants these proposed plans resubmitted or wants newly revised plans. I like parts of each plan and really do not like others. I had not seen the St. Joesph Street drawings before. I like the location and the interesting d…