david_shane
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Have no idea what the name of this development is, but the construction by the original Biggby in EL looks almost done.
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One of my fellow faculty members said he was almost hit by a car that ran a red light on Michigan Avenue this morning. At a further red light, the cars pulled up side-by-side and he turned to see who the driver was - Virg Bernero! OK, not exactly …
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I'm not as against the substation plan as many - the proposal actually looks pretty nice, and might bring more traffic to Cooley Gardens. But I'm not sure how you relocate a sunken garden, the built environment is part of the garden. Seems like al…
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Now if the Frandor area was walkable, and there were crosswalks on Michigan Ave...
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I just looked at the Cincinnati area for comparison, just because we have a lot of family living there, and that map (especially outside the downtown core) is a lot more light and dark orange. So that comforts me a little about the data actually me…
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Not quite BRT, but noticed today that, if the Trulia maps are right, quite a decent number of Lansing folks commute by public transit. (Note that I'm not exactly sure how the data was processed.) A few numbers... The darkest green (e.g. MSU) me…
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(Unless the guy made all this up, of course. But I don't know why he would. He showed another passenger a business card supposedly with who to contact to get in on that sweet $11/hr.)
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Sure, but what surprised me - maybe I wasn't clear - is that the union is apparently paying random people to stand on the line with them to make the protest look bigger.
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Was waiting at the Frandor bus stop this morning and somebody biked up who had apparently come from the SkyVue protest line and shared that they were paying takers $11/hr to stand on the line with them! He had decided he wasn't dressed for it today …
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PS gb - one thing I've read time and again is that America is suffering from a pilot's shortage, and that's one of the reasons these smaller flights are getting cut. People retiring and it takes a lot more flight time to get certified to be a pilot…
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I've been on-the-watch for cheap weekend flights to Cincy lately and have been finding LAN<->DTW<->CVG cheaper than DTW<->CVG. Don't ask me why. But my wife, who flies more often, said "yeah, flights out of Lansing are cheaper ag…
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I'm excited. I never really believe these projects are happening until I see construction (or clearing or something) start. Really didn't believe Skyvue was going to happen, seemed too good to be true, until demolition began.
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Yeah, I actually think I'd rather the city put a sidewalk there - and actually if there was I would probably bike on the sidewalk rather than in the road (which, last I used it anyway, is also all chewed up near the shoulder). But certainly an impr…
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I believe the little guy you see on the right is on the 8th floor, by the way.
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Up up up. Maybe strange, but I've been all focused on how tall the thing will be, was really struck today by how big it will be in the horizontal dimensions as well.
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Up up up.
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Have had exactly that thought gbinlansing - there is actually, already, a ton of great stuff to do in Lansing, but it's all over the place. Put it in one spot and that would make one awesome downtown. Unfortunate that we have so many poles (with n…
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Much looking forward to the improvements. And if it makes the park more used, perhaps more people will stumble upon the LCC softball games that happen there.
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As someone who lives in a nice neighborhood just about a mile from downtown - golly. At one point someone in the neighborhood pointed out that the city's master plan suggested four story buildings near the Harrison/Michigan intersection (hardly a c…
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It's interesting because the bank used to fly "Don't Tread on Me" flags, and the front had a nice fountain with a large plaque with an extended Bible quote on it. Neither is especially controversial but I do wonder if they aren't in part seeking a …