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The news about 735 E Hazel becoming apartments is great, that's one of the main buildings I wanted to see renovated in the city. The multi-floor area of that building isn't very large though, to get 160 apartments I'd think they'd have to use some o…
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@MichMatters I saw your post regarding the new form based code over on SSP, that's the first I ever really looked at it. I had been assuming that it was just another fairly meaningless master plan update, not a fundamental shift in the way things ar…
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I'm late once again buy I just wanted to chime in on the RE Olds museum sale. I'm really glad to see them own their building and I agree that their best bet is to sell and move to a more prominent location. If they had more resources I'd still love …
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@MichMatters No, I couldn't find it. I think it was under "documents placed on file" before, making it easy to find. I don't see it there anymore. It might be possible to find it if you knew the date of the council agenda it'd be in. As for City …
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Well that's disappointing, it would have been nice to see that building there.
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I'm not totally against even some of the crazier colors if they'd just use quality materials. Things like glass, ceramic or stone tiles; metal panels like on Knapps; or bricks that aren't just fancy cinder blocks. @gbdinlansing I think it's a saf…
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@deebomac I believe a major reason why downtown Lansing hasn't grown as much as it should have is the continuous demolition of some of the buildings nearer the Capitol Building while outward growth hasn't been encouraged, seeing that continue with C…
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@MichMatters I'm also glad to see infill development in that neighborhood, duplexes certainly aren't ideal but they're better than vacant land. The neighbors complaining is predictable and somewhat justified given the lack of duplexes currently in t…
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I hadn't really realized this was that serious of a proposal until reading the City Pulse article. I'll just say that this needs to be stopped. There's absolutely no reason to be pushing through a sale of City Hall at this point, much less for that …
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I'm not against moving City Hall but I'd much rather see the building preserved rather than reclad or tore down. Just like with the Farnum Building, the architecture of City Hall has grown on me. It's also a good point that there's just too much vac…
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It's great to see this actually happening, that neighborhood is in desperate need of something positive. I hope that someone can manage to build some retail on the remaining property.
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More good news for MSU, though I do hope they go with a fundamentally different design for the expansion. While on MSU: -Site work on the Interdisciplinary Sciences building has been underway for a couple months and it looks like foundation work…
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I agree that the Prudden area could be a nice node to build from and eventually join downtown and Old Town along Larch/Cedar. With Hepler's new project and another Gillespie development at some point the area is almost certain to grow at least some.…
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I would not like to see them totally reconstruct the tower. This is a good example of this architecture (International?), I've noticed interior details and the general quality in the entrances and lobby while walking by that shows the care given to …
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Thanks for the heads up on the new renderings, I cropped a few out and posted them below:
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I kinda hope they install a signal, I've thought from the time I first saw this proposal that there should be a traffic light there. With the hospital, professional building and now the cancer center dumping a good chunk of their traffic out of one …
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I missed the whole discussion on parks but suffice to say that I agree with the premise that parks are very important to the city and that they have been neglected. I also tend to agree that there's really no excuse for the lack of basic maintenance…
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I haven't been to the zen garden on MSU's campus but I have been to the one at LCC and it is a very nice sanctuary in downtown, I would imagine that a larger one could be truly impressive. I would love to see more things around like these zen garden…
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I sort of agree with you on your point about a downtown art museum, of the public works projects I mention it would be my lowest priority one. I still would eventually like to see a downtown art museum of some sort though, perhaps managed by the Bro…
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I don't know if the museums should have their own authority, be lumped in with LEPFA or stay independent, but something has to happen to improve them. I'd love to see a new Impression 5 /science & technology museum just about anywhere downtown b…