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  • I'd love to see things more interconnected like hood outlined. I would likely utilize those routes regularly, if they did it right. Especially as someone who commutes to GR and Kalamazoo regularly. Detroit regularly enough too. I've always hoped…
  • There's parking in the projects you referenced or plenty of parking in Lansing? I can completely agree to the latter portion lol. I think that's a fair differentiation from the mall. I mean a mall could be designed for such, but this option i…
  • I really like the more European approach with the streets. I just wonder, is that basically turning Washington into a mall, again? I'm just not sure how well it would work in Lansing, as much as I like the idea. Also, those specific example image…
  • The one that is related to the Granger family (trash and construction) at least graduated from Holt. He'd never mentioned Sexton, always Holt. Which I thought was odd, as I grew up over by Dwight Rich and it was my understanding the Grangers lived…
  • It must've been a different Gary Granger, the Gary of the Granger family, and Granger development actually graduated from Holt High School. Maybe there was another Gary in the family?
  • Well that is some good news about demolitions and the zoning changes. It's definitely something Lansing needed to do. I've seen the safety report and photos of the interior from years ago. That building is beyond fixing up or saving, especial…
  • Does this mean Granger will be footing the bill for the demolition then? I sure hope so. They did absolutely nothing to maintain that. I worked right near it for years and it was always a problem with things collapsing and the homeless getting in…
  • It's small enough that a project this size is usually partnered with a much larger firm. There are firms 4 times the size of Hobbs+Black that would partner with a much larger national firm. As far as in town options, I'll agree with that. It is p…
  • I've been meaning to share this, as I don't think there's been an idea yet, but it looks like Hobbs+Black could be in as one of the architects. I'd suspect this would be more than one firm given their small size. They included a rendering on a Lin…
  • I used to utilize the trails almost daily. I loved biking on them instead of roads. It's been years since I've gone on a bike ride. Is there somewhere that has all of these trails on one map? Are they on Google maps? I'd love to check out all t…
  • That's fair enough, you do make some good points. I forgot that it is mostly privately funded. I guess I don't get to Kalamazoo all that often and probably didn't understand the need, or desire, so I appreciate you breaking that down some. Th…
  • This talk has me wondering, has anyone seen the new events center coming to Kalamazoo? How is it they can get something like that and the Lansing Center has stood stagnant for decades? We've got a larger university nearby and a larger population...
  • Yeah, that's a hard no from me if they leave that building. It's such an architecturally significant building by Kenneth Black (I believe) that deserves to be used and enjoyed by the public. I can't tell you how many people I see using it that com…
  • Are those Hobbs+Black designs? I was thinking they were doing the Public Safety HQ, and it just looks like something they'd do.
  • That probably is some sort of metal panel. There are a lot of commercial metal panel products that have different profiles to them. I can't believe it would be just sheets of corrugated metal. That said, some of those panel profiles can look simi…
  • Not sure if anyone has seen the new rendering yet, but here's a story on it with at least one image. https://www.lansingcitypulse.com/stories/the-new-ovation,110395
  • I'm not sure honestly. I mean I see your reasoning...long term maybe but it seems like there is a ways to go before that happens. I don't think density would work on the Westside, but I think its highway access is more significant. As a commuter,…
  • I forget about Boarshead all the time. It is a shame we don't have a better and more prominent "museum, culture and arts" type district. With how much people seem to love Impression 5, it's always amazed me that there isn't a more significant …
  • Is there that much demand on the Eastside of Lansing though? Seems like they have a lot of existing housing that could use improvements before expansion. I definitely don't see the appeal or draw of the area, but maybe it's just an outsiders view.…