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Hey all, I've been away for a while, so sorry if my comments are redundant with others! Mich - Re:Ann Arbor growth vs Lansing. I'd wager that part of this is due to the fact that housing is ridiculously expensive in Ann Arbor, relative to the re…
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Wow!!! Very cool. It would be great to see this linked up to Downtown East Lansing via the GR bike lanes, perhaps routed up Valley Court to Albert St., and to campus maybe via the proposed Harrison "road diet", or perhaps down Beal to the Beal St. …
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I've seen it before, but I love that layout, esp. with the long chain of parks along the riverfronts! They sure were brave about planning to build in flood zones back then though!
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Just drove by there today, and it looked to me like there was some more paving across the street for the brewery... seems to me like these were mostly gravel parking lots unless my memory serves me wrong...
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Well I'm still waiting to hear about the new plans for the park district from the city or the developers... trying to be patient! Once the Park District is done, I'll be curious to see how the remaining "West Downtown" develops. Besides the PC p…
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lansplant - oddly enough, I did talk to one of the managers at Horrocks about a similar idea a couple years back - opening up a small Horrocks in East Lansing or the Eastside of Lansing. He was friendly about the idea, but was keenly aware of the c…
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Spence Brothers, not Strample... I see from the Hub thread that you also got this info from the city.
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Mich - I'd be willing to write a letter advocating form-based code, but since I am not a Lansing resident, would it be worth doing?
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Also, did you ever find out the name of the contractors working on the Hub? I believe their name is "Strample" or something similar - again, it is on a large sign across the street from the construction.
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I agree with you on that Mich. Even over the past few years, the streetscape along Grand River has noticeably changed with the additions of the larger buildings at the far eastern and western edges of downtown EL. I have also noticed that you can …
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There was an interesting article about ELFCO this morning in the LSJ - apparently they are still around in zombie form, and are planning to open a new location in EL with a new business model: https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/opinion/col…
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Every little bit helps I suppose. Still, it would be nice to get a lot more open bar/cafe space along the river... I think that the bar in the City Market has the only restaurant in REO town, downtown, or Old town that has a patio that is directly …
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Mich - I don't know offhand, but I do know that they have put up a sign where they set up an office across the street - I'll make a note who they are the next time I drive by. gbd - I agree!!! As a former resident of many college towns, I've tho…
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I drove by the building site yesterday, and construction has begun in earnest - both of the older buildings have been demolished and the crews look to be starting on foundation work!
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Thank the powers that be for #2!!! That section of roadway has to be one of, if not the worst of the major thoroughfares in East Lansing... it is actually crumbling away in huge chunks... I usually take Lake Lansing road or Grand River just to avoi…
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That's an interesting point Jared! A few modifications on that thought though... I don't think the student demand for business fronts along the eastern end of Grand River (past ~ Division) really picked up until after WWII, when the university wa…
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Thanks for the tips on Main Street - I'll see what I can dig up. I agree that a sunken freeway would be perfect for spanning 496. Ideally it would run from ~Cherry Street to Walnut, but even an expanded Washington Ave. bridge would make a big di…
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a greenway would be perfect! BTW - I don't think I've ever seen any pictures of main street before its demolition. Could someone post a few pics, esp. from the stretch between MLK and cedar/larch? I'd also be interested in learning more about t…
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Well, the linear layout isn't going to change much in the future according to the EL master plan (see page 171)... https://www.cityofeastlansing.com/DocumentCenter/View/6813 ...although they are allowing for some depth along the current downto…
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gbd - the article indicates that Beitler Real Estate Services is still going to do the redevelopment of the current city hall building, but that they've reopened proposals for the new city hall building. I can see why the city went with Beitler f…