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  • Oh, I like Midtown - I like color. Wouldn't want to see it everywhere, but it makes for a unique building. Rapped on one of the colored walls and it sounded hollow, incidentally. There are cheap building materials nowadays - I don't know if you…
  • Well, #25 also serves that Meijer - but it does look like this would mean no route serving Eastwood from EL. Like I said, they had that promotion recently where you were supposed to ride the bus to Eastwood, and then get stickers from merchants - a…
  • Huh - I also see Rt 25 will no longer serve Eastwood Towne Center. Somewhat surprising (or not?) as CATA recently had a promotion to encourage people to take Rt 25 to Eastwood. And "Buses will travel Abbot, Chandler and Coleman roads to and from M…
  • Finally some official information - CATA will be extending Rt 12 to connect LCC's main and west campuses during the semester. Looks like a pretty minor change to the route (why didn't we do this a long time ago?). Students with at least one class …
  • I heard that Grand Grillin' (so tasty) plans to open a brick-and-mortar restaurant in ReoTown this Fall, by the way.
  • Actually, I had exactly the same reaction hood. Most of the time, I would probably rather they spend 1% more to make the building appealing architecturally (which is its own kind of art), rather than on specific art purchases. Obviously much harde…
  • Development-related, anyway - "EL considers special tax to foster public art". A sort of strange tax though - 1% of the total cost of a new development will go toward public art.
  • Not quite the same thing, but speaking of interesting places - I wonder if the city will ever reopen that bridge over the railroad tracks into north-central Potter Park. If I lived in that neighborhood I would definitely want that bridge open - oth…
  • Actually there are several facts of interest (to me, at least) in that little editorial. Did I miss something?
  • Incidentally - way back when, I mentioned that CATA was going to begin providing service to LCC's West Campus, according to some West Campus faculty members I spoke to. LSJ's editorial today is the first media mention I have seen of that fact: http…
  • I wonder if "apartments" could mean condos, or if it really does mean for rent only. So many rentals in East Lansing. So many.
  • If you're talking about the parking lot I'm thinking of... I don't like it either, but I also don't think I'd like another building so close to the Capitol. It should be... you should be led up to the Capitol in grand fashion. Some good landscapin…
  • Huh, "unobstructed view" is an interesting way to word the request. New construction would be cool.
  • It is nice to see local companies doing well. Especially when they're downtown. (I did just learn today that New York Burrito is closing / has closed. Sadness. I think last time I was in there, actually, they were complaining that there were t…
  • I found the just-released "Tri-County Hazard Mitigation Plan" interesting not for the hazard part, but for its future population projections (which are, presumably, just taken from somewhere else). East Lansing (within Ingham county) 2005 populatio…
  • You know, I sent a letter to one of the EL councilman a while back just to say that I really don't like the veto power residents seem to have over developments in their neighborhoods. Yes, I get that you probably moved there because you liked the w…
  • Right, the fact that it is on otherwise-idle land is a redeeming feature. But the average American home uses about 11 MWh per year - so the array can only power about 6, not 50. From what I've read, 50 was the original expectation, and about 500 M…
  • You know, I try not to criticize it, because something is generally better than nothing - but I seriously do not understand why LBWL wants to expand their solar facilities. The output of the Cedar Street array is so miniscule I can only conclude we…
  • I like the lights on the walls with no visible source.