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Perhaps I am using the wrong term, maybe flood gates is a better word for the big metal structures that have been replaced. Yes the Jenison/Scott Center house was a stucco and timber Tudor style. If you remember this house was around the corner be…
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I did not know about the free parking at the MSU ramp. Is it also free on weekend?
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It looks like they are wrapping up the lock replacement project at the Moorse Park damn. The crane has been taken down. While walking there Sunday I noticed that they have replaced many planks on the River Trail bridges, and the really gross looking…
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If you want to have a little project envy check out curbed Detroit. The plans for the old Hudson's site are really cool, as are the plans for the new Piston's Practice Facility. The river walk and making Jefferson Blvd. pedestrian friendly are proje…
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I really do not have a problem with governments helping to get these project built. It often seems like here in Lansing we see these grand plans, and once the local government get a hold of it we end up with something less grand. I also find it kind…
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I hope that the restaurant will not be closing. We need a mix of real sit down restaurants and sandwich shops.
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I may be wrong, but it looks like the MSUFCU is expanding their downtown Lansing office to fill the vacant store front at Washington and Michigan. If that is true a bank is better than empty, but it seems strange to me that some sort of retail shop …
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I think this is a good sign that this whole law suit will be rejected and I hope the project will get started this spring. I have rarely read such a negative statement from a judge toward a plaintiff's complaint. I would have loved to see the lawyer…
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Do you think that time will ever come? Are there cities in Michigan where developments are being built without some sort of tax abatement, or other government subsidies? If so than planners, and government here should find out how they are doing it.
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I hope they do what is required to get this project built.
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I googlemapped it and on the street view that was taken in June 2011 the gate is open, I guess it must have closed soon after. I guess train tracks have to be on a flat grade so they don't want to raise the whole bed [I guess} That bridge looks pre…
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Having the festivals in the dirty old parking lot and on the broken streets does not really look so great and often feels too hot and sunny out in the street. I hope this will not be a reason they stop this development. I really like the idea of mov…
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I'd say this is quite impressive, now don't mess with it! I really like the street level retail space, and the plan for wide sidewalks. That will help lessen the dark canyon feeling that you find to the east on Albert St.. This all seems to be happe…
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I think one way to expand ridership would be to expand night time and weekend service. Many people work nights and weekends, many people do their shopping on the weekend. Maybe they could use a smaller fleet on buses on the off peck hours. I think t…
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I have just read that the university has told local governments that they are not planning to expand the number of students beyond this point. Yet we keep hearing about huge rental housing projects being built all around MSU. I understand that the a…
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I have not been back so long that I know exactly what kind of mayor Virg. has been, it seems like he made a good move by not running again. If the way he behaved the same as during this downtown sub-station "debate" all this time, then I can underst…
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The city could make it more expensive to own a surface lot in the downtown district perhaps by requiring fencing,walls,or landscaping around the lots to block the view of the cars parked there and beautify street space. It is ironic that parking has…
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I think this whole charter school idea is almost entirely bogus. When I drive around town and see a public school that is open it is notable. Every neighborhood in Lansing and East Lansing had a school, the sounds and sites of a school. I wonder wh…
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We have a real "Town Center" downtown, unlike Eastwood, they charge to park downtown. As for shopping that was the problem for many people as far back as the 60's. Free parking for shoppers and visitors could help. There are very few storefront type…
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The new house on Elm street is interesting, a very simple design that they have put up very quickly. The house sits on piers and looks very different from the neighbors, I like it, it's just really different and is being built in a really unexpected…