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Haven't been south of Mt. Hope, but at least as far as I can tell, they've completed the traffic islands on MLK between Victor and Mt. Hope. Looks like they've lined them up so that that are at - or steps from - the bus stops, which was a smart thin…
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I had to look up what this was, but in the last month or so, a construction company on E Cesar Chavez just west of Larch improved an old dirt driveway onto Larch from their property. I grew up in this area, and up until very recently, it was an old …
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It's crazy how many new renderings they keep putting out. lol
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Hood, you mentioned it first a few hours before me. I'd missed your edit. lol
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I saw it today, too, coming over the MLK Blvd Bridge. New Vision has a short clip of the of the construction from yesterday: https://www.facebook.com/61574145548035/videos/pcb.122131457972804851/1902854257204958
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Fascinating stuff. I do like that we found out that it was apparently called the "Weed Building," which I assume was probably the name of the owner at one time. Would love to find out who that was. Always hated having to refer to it simply as the "W…
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@hood, I've wondered how it worked, too. Even though buses were smaller, it would have been an awkward turning the buses around. There was no exit besides the entrance; I doubt that the passage on Allegan was wide enough, but maybe it was. Maybe tha…
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Lymon, we saw a concept a few weeks ago the Granger Group released and it looked pretty nice, but there is no telling how they'd actually structure the ground floor. I'm kind of hopeful, though, because as I'd mentioned before, it seems like there i…
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Old Sanborn Fire Insurance maps show it as the "Strand Hotel" with one section (northern half on Grand) labeled as "bus station." So it appears it's always been multi-use. I hope whatever is developed is worthy of that corner, again. I'd love to …
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Found this picture of the recently-demolished Walter Neller Building during better times at the northwest corner of Grand and Allegan in CADL's old images. Looks like it hosted lots of businesses:
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This is quite interesting, though, I wonder how quickly they could implement this with the imminent CSO project coming up. I'm also a bit confused by the options. Are the "Washington Square Options A & B" subsets of the "Bike System Options" …
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I'm not sure if that's really relevant? If a sidewalk needs to be fixed through an area in which it goes through and elevation, then everything associated with keeping that path clear needs to be fixed. Generally, the city tries to split costs with …
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Just my personal opinion, but aside from them not technically revealing the conflict of interest, it seems like the filer had a personal axe to grind. I've found that city sidewalk rebuilding is one of those odd areas where this is all kinds of grey…
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I was by Haslett Village Square a week or two ago and hadn't been that way in years. Noticed a big apartment building fronting Haslett Road, but nothing beyond that. Yeah, they've been working on the Prudden Building/Washington Square Building si…
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I don't know. The materials just look incredibly cheap. That grey textured siding it not working for me. gb, Pleasant Grove was going to have a lane reconfiguration, but after consultation with the neighborhood, they will keep it exactly as is. T…
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Parks & Rec held a fundraiser for fountain renovation earlier this year, so it's definitely a city priority.
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New brownfiled plan submitted for the redevelopment of the old Pleasant Grove Elementary site. Not good looking, but they really need to get going on this, and this seems like what they've been able to land on. Not sure what's being rendered behind …
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Me, I'm going to wait to hear what the delay is. What I can find on the property look-up tool is that the planning department is requesting more info as part of the Commercial Plan Review these projects have to go through. It definitely is unusual, …
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Interesting. I'm looking at aerials of the place, and I can only make out two structures that look like they could have been part of the aiport. The first is in the parking lot of East Lansing Soccer Complex, and the second is a structure that looks…
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Ahhh, yes, that appears to be an access road to the farm. I'm not often up that way, so I never differentiated it with all the other farms along that road up that way. But looking at the map, yeah, it's huge, huge farm, a pretty unusual landscape fo…