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It could also be that in 30 some years driving around Mass., I have a different prospective on heavy traffic. Out there it was rarely fun or relaxing to drive. Here I have found that relaxed feeling just driving around the city, and minuets out of t…
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Thank you for the correct population figures. I was thinking Lansing was up to about 147,000 at the the highest. Still taking 16,000 people off the streets is a lot. The traffic I have found since returning to Lansing just seems to be lighter than …
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A bank flew the "Don't tread on Me" flags out front!? Wow! I really have missed some "fun" times around here. A Patriotic symbol taken over by the anti-American know nothing Tea Party flown outside a major building is very controversial, and would i…
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I think the whole one way system of streets was done at a time when fifty or sixty thousand more people lived here. Now we see many former four lane streets doing just fine with two and a left turn lane. I could see both Larch and Cedar Street being…
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What is the CSO project? I checked out the web-site for the new deli and it looks pretty nice. It looks like they may have table service, which I hope they do so that maybe it will be a step above just another sandwich shop. I do not know what t…
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It was a long time ago but think they went over the north bound and under the south bound bridges. There was an enclosed over pass on the north bound side. The used tracks that went to Fisher Body for the transport of the black chassis frames ,paint…
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This sounds great, I guess this sounds like a high end deli maybe with table service as well as counter to go. My first thought was "another sandwich shop?' But hey if that is what we need I hope it's a nice one. The city also needs to replant all t…
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I am thinking much the same thing, it is still at the could be stage and right now it is not so great. But I have found the conversion interesting, and I think may be the point if this site, to talk about what is and what might or even could take pl…
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It was were the finished cars rolled out. You could often see the "bodies from Fisher Body" come over to the assembly plant. That was about 3/4 of the whole body which was painted and finished, of other words the passenger compartment,doors, rear qu…
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I do like that they included the old facades, I was just wondering why they don't use them as a reference for the new building. I find the old facades visually more interesting, they look more urban than building that will surround them. This plan s…
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I sorry and I won't go on about it but I just don't understand this plan. Including the old facades looks forced. Nothing relates to them. It's kind odd they depict the old rusty fence next to 496. The building design looks dated.
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From what I saw on their web site the company seeking to redevelop the School for the Blind campus should be hired by Sparrow. It looks they have done many old school buildings very nicely. I hope they can retain the facade at least. Also build some…
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Looks good like it belongs in Lansing. It seems like they should wait until they have all the funding and tax breaks in place before they announce the development plans. Maybe that is part of the PR campaign that has to take place in order to get th…
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This will be good to have on the edge of Old Town and downtown. Lots of people living walking distance of both centers is going to be great for business and for the people who live at this urban campus. I thought this was all underway with the Mayor…
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I would like to say that I agree with hood. I know that I am not impressed with many of the plans talked about here because I want them to be better. I think someone here said that a good design does not necessarily mean more expensive. Here in Lans…
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I think that neither is very exciting, and now that you point it out I forgot about the loading dock door,and I thought maybe the siding was marble or white stone. Which ever the case they could both use a revisit to the design desk. It will be grea…
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It looks like a good start, the lSJ used a different rendering which I like slightly better the the one pictured above. I am hoping they could have a couple of store fronts maybe a coffee shop or something like that. Perhaps the developer will hol…
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No big deal but it was you Mich that asked what building I was talking about and what do I mean by GM. It's the only building with a billboard and I just think it looks bad. I do also believe the company that owns it is called GM. I could be wrong.
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I am talking about the big black glass and white marble building that they use for a billboard, it's the only one like that at the Grand River plant. On Townsend Street. When I lived here 35 years ago it was the administration building I do not know…
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Another REOtown update, over at GM they put up a new billboard. It's mainly white and has a big man's face in it. I am again having a hard time understanding why this is what GM has come up with as a good use for these iconic and historic buildings.…