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I respect them for working over the City a little bit. The developers are (I think) or at least should be running the show in East Lansing. The City could have gotten in the game twenty years ago, but instead they pushed that sprawl on the northside…
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I see now that the stream is still there. Who knew!! Must be a hidden treasure for the neighborhood kids to explore
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This is fascinating. Thanks for digging this up! I was wondering why the homes on Holmes (haha) on the northside of the road -- you can see that the land drops off behind them from the road to the back (northside) of the properties -- it must be thi…
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This looks nice. I really like the wildflower meadow on top. Makes a lot of sense to use existing infrastructure. This side of the capital grounds has always been too nice to use merely as a utility/service entrance. Smart move.
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Those are significant developments. I like the Slotkin move. Was the Women's Center on Washington Ave at one point too? I also thought they were in that little building on the river and Grand Ave between the parking garage and the tower?? They sure …
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I love this everything about this project. Glad they are pushing the height restriction. I'll be glad to see Dublin square go. That building has been an embarrassment to EL since that gaudy restaurant moved in. Good riddance. Anyways, it looks like …
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I appreciate all improvements in downtown over the last 20 years. I think it looks great and a lot of important buildings have been refurbished and/or repurposed (as a sidenote, I'm surprised a restaurant hasn't opened up near the Accident Trust Fun…
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Yeah, I remember that. At first I thought it was weird, and then I found it to be a really compelling idea. I hope they bring it back to the table.
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Okay, what I'm beginning to think downtown Lansing needs, in order to be a viable downtown, which means a 24 hour downtown, amongst other things (performing arts center, grocery store, etc), is a 12-15-story residential mixed use tower - big and bul…
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Yes to upsizing east of Bogue. It's totally ripe for it. Wasn't there a 6-story building being proposed at one point, built around a tree ??
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I like the new building next to Bigby's quite a bit!! I also hope the car detailing place decides again to try to build residential above. I think this would be a great location for a really sleek building - contemporary design, 5- or 6-stories, …
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Ratchetwrench I like that idea a lot The next frontier of downtown. I love the idea of replacing the perpetual party store with a victorian house open to the public. I could see some 5-8 story buildings clustered in here, mixed with the many 3-4 …
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This is good to hear! I'm glad it's not combining all the parcels....I think that would've made too homogenous of a development. I haven't spent much time in this part of town, but exploring in google maps it looks like there are some other multifam…
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parking lots to parks is a fantastic idea for west side of dowtown. I think it would work best if they were turned into sports parks with large, programmable sports fields -- soccer, football, basketball. I think a park in this area would have to be…
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I went by this area over the holiday, here are some thoughts: * I like the distillery. That whole Pere Marquette block is great. * I hope Gillespie doesn't turn the old train station into a multi-colored club for cheeseballs. * I think the Me…
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For some reason I haven't had the attention span to dig into this project (and these articles) but this does seem like a great idea and I look forward to seeing it happen. Anything that brings life to the west side of downtown is a good thing. It…
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I like the Lakeshore site a lot for performing arts center. I think it would be nice addition to Washington Ave. and would sustain some higher end restaurants on that strip. That said, anything (residential, retail, etc) would be nice at the Lake…
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Oh man!! When I first saw this photo I thought it was something being pitched for Lansing...... Something like this would be GREAT for Lansing. I don't like the term, but I think this would be a game-changer. Dayton's a little bigger and more develo…
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That's a really big building. Wish that it was integrated into the city somewhere. It could take the entire parcel near Frandor where Dunhams is. It could be at the Red Cedar or Waverly golf course. I guess I'm okay with where it's landing. I thi…
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This will be awesome!! That movie theater would be a total hit! I'm glad, as Jared notes, that they seem to be paying attention to and designing for a nice sequence of public spaces to guide people between the park and downtown. The two places feel …