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It would be a better idea to redevelop the Lansing Mall area, into a more modern and urban setting. There is so much land under blacktop they could build whole new retail and housing districts. There seems little hope of that happening and I fear th…
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I believe that Walter French was in much worse shape, but somehow it will soon be full a lot of residents who will become a community of neighbors. I may have adolescent opinion, but I believe the U of M seems to take some satisfaction in placing th…
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Today I walked up to check on the Farm Lane Bridge and a there was an opening ceremony going on and I believe I saw the university's president drive over the bridge in a green and white '70's Cadillac convertible. After watching this construction al…
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Thanks for posting some great looking projects happening around here.
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I know that zoning may not allow but I could see an urban mix of small industrial, commercial, and residential. Along the lines of an organic neighborhood that grew up over time like many in Lansing. I don't know but I would like to see a little of …
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Over at the new International Student Center on Farm Lane they are starting to install the exterior facade panels, which are dark green? with darker and lighter panels both shinny and mat finishes. The treatment looks good, and the building seems to…
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Perhaps the areas east of the tracks could be cleaned enough to allow what would be a natural extension of the westside neighborhood. The city needs housing more than industrial areas. The area to the west would be a great place for smaller industri…
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I hope the city would not allow a cyclone barbed wire fence in front of what could be called an historic building. Is crime that bad around there? Over on Michigan I noticed a new building going up at the GM auto dealership.
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Wow they finally have taken up "my" idea for the fish ladder. I wonder has anyone ever seen a fish going up the ladder? I was around when they built it [for the new introduced salmon] and I never saw any fish.
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I know why the buildings are above street level, I lived in Laning from'55 to '82 I saw a lot of big floods, my thought was that the store front level could have a more "welcoming/accessible" walkway, I have never seen anyone strolling down the walk…
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I walked down Michigan in front of the Red Cedar development the other day. I found walking on the sidewalk/street level that the businesses are up a half a story up from the street. You cannot really see into the shops, they are easily overlooked, …
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I don't "hate" this depiction, it looks like the apartments will have balconies which will make the building look like an apartment building not an office tower. However, is looks more generic than the last drawings, I would like to see a design tha…
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It is kind of a miracle but they city sold City Hall and the hotel plan is going to happen!
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Meanwhile the Farm Lane bridge is looking very nice. Crews are installing the streetlights, they have a vintage look, similar to the lamp posts around the central campus. There are two tall lamp posts at each end and several shorter lamp post in bet…
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Yes, it seems like a new "artist" is inflicting his ego on us around town recently. The new sound barrier walls next to the Cherry Hill neighborhood has been tagged with big dumb tags, nothing artistic about it. I would like to see the fools who do …
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I hope that the development of the Genesee School does happen. It is such a great building, quite different from other Lansing elementary schools. Maybe they will hire the same people who did the Holmes Street School, they did a really nice-looking …
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I agree I guess I was thinking of the people who spent years and a lot of money on the Old REO building in REO-town and another on East Michigan that closed. Good food and great beer are indeed the keys. I hope the new place does well, I love that b…
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A mural would be a good idea, in most case with murals around the city the taggers tend to leave the murals alone. In other areas of campus, they usually cover the graffiti over fairly quickly, they never covered anything under the old bridge. I kno…
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A new brewery /restaurant is opening on Ionia Street downtown, called Saltrock. There is an artical about the new business in LSJ.com they seem to have a good plan. I wonder if the brewery pub trend is running its course, I am a beer drinker but rar…
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The Farm Lane Bridge is open for traffic while they finish the sidewalks and light poles. It looks great, maybe if you are interested in seeing it you might want to get over there before the graffiti "artists" decorate the walls.