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Our city is just a sad, sad joke and I don't know how to help it get better. These are generational missteps that probably can't be rectified in a couple years or even decades.
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I just wanted to point out a couple of examples of architects that do very nice classically inspired buildings. https://www.ramsa.com/projects https://www.dmsas.com/portfolio/ I've always been and continue to be in favor of bonding out extra …
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lol What a basic, nondescript building. It looks like it belongs in a suburban office park in anywhere USA, if you told me it was literally a copy and paste design I wouldn't be surprised. I can't believe they wouldn't orient it to the corner if …
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I'm or less numb to this at this point. This city is full of inept "leaders" and politicians along with a largely apathetic citizenry. The result has been decades of stupid and counterproductive decision making, Eastern's demise just being the lates…
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I didn't see the second comment. It's really odd that this property was still owned by the RR. I do hope the city can acquire the rest of this spur north of Old Town.
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I know I've said it before, but I'll be very glad if this building gets anything approaching a decent restoration. We have so few pre-war apartment buildings here, every one is valuable to the urban landscape.
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I guess I don't really see what this acquisition changes. I assume the plots south of Oakland were owned by BWL and functionally the city's anyway while the lots north of Oakland don't lead to anywhere or offer much benefit without also having the R…
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It's good to hear that they're moving forward with the tower without explicitly seeking approval for the over-road garage. That would seem to mean that it's not a make or break item for their plan, I mean they'd save a lot of money not doing it and …
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I'm not sure how that act would relate to this project, its wording isn't terribly clear. Obviously one can't just unilaterally decide to build a structure over a public ROW, I guess the question is if what the planning commission/council already ap…
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@MichMatters I think the Park Michigan proposal did not get funded this year as it was expected to, it sounds as though they had a shovel ready design. A lack of support from the governor is implied. As for the old Michigan Theater balcony, the r…
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I emailed someone with the Capitol Commission whom I had contacted before regarding the Park Michigan project and it's not good news. They had just presented their finalized plans to the Commission in December but something went awry: Unfortunat…
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Oh boy. I knew there had to be catch. For every step forward this city takes at least a half step back. Thankfully there will be plenty of time to change minds before any serious funding will be allocated. A cap over that stretch of 496 would be inv…
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Apparently EL is considering a City Hall move themselves: https://eastlansinginfo.news/city-hall-to-be-moved/
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I'm a little worried from the tone of the article that the city is just aiming for a cap over on the west side. While I get their point on feeling that there's some duty to reconnect that neighborhood off Olds/Malcolm X, it's not the most impactful …
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Seeing a freeway cap between Grand & Washington would certainly be a boon for my neighborhood, I'd prefer to see a building over the freeway facing at least one side of Washington but it's hard to argue against park space. I think having another…
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The possibility of capping any portion of 496 is huge. Just seeing a fully thought out concept plan will be great, seeing even a block or two actually get capped would be beyond anything I expected to ever see happen here.
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@MichMatters I've been thinking the idea of turning Washington Sq back into a mall since you've brought it up a couple times and I think I've come around to the idea, but it can't just be a basic mall. They have to make it special. And probably do i…
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Yeah, I can't deny the fact that if Hepler is jumping through these bureaucratic hoops then there is at least some reason for optimism. Good to hear about all the planning goings-on's, at least there's efforts being made to move things in a posit…
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I'm 100% against those changes to the ADU ordinance. Does this restrict the property to being owner-occupied in perpetuity? If an investor buys a property with a pre-existing adu do they have to leave it vacant? It's a dumb change that will not help…
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The "ground breaking" for environmental remediation is definitely amusing, but perhaps is also indicative of the significance of the clean up. I just hope it spurs something positive with the property. There was some concern on the council about …