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Over on Kalamazoo and Grand the northern larger apartment building [ I forget the name]is being clade with stone faced bricks and clapboards which look good. It is a relief that they are building a more attractive building than was illustrated. City…
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The full floors have been built out from the core up to the fourth floor, which really show how big the building is. Very exciting!
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I would be against their proposed design, which sounds like it should be next to a freeway exit. I wonder if they could rehab the house that is behind the storefront. I have seen McDonalds in urban settings that fit into the neighborhood with nicer …
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Wow big building! I have heard that Marsels is going to be one of the retail tenants. since there is really no place to buy men's cloths except for Spartan gear and a small department in Target, I guess that is a good thing. Fortress is the look in …
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That is an interesting idea, another international train connection via Port Huron [which there was for a long time] could add some trips to the Blue Water. Train vs Plane when you get off the train you are in Chicago!
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I thought the design is maybe a half a step more interesting than most. It will be great to see people living there instead of a surface parking lot. I have noticed this sort of mediocre style of apartment buildings in a lot of cities on the web-cam…
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There may have been a gas station before the Rite-Aid building was built, the "sunken" station was where the new Marathon and mini-mart is now. I think there may have been stations on three corners in the '70s, back in the day there were gas station…
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It was reported in the LSJ that United Airlines will return to Lansing in early May. They will offer four! flights to Chicago. This is good news as it will increase the number of seat and times available for Lansing travelers. Many friends of mine h…
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EL is going to consider the new service station/restaurant at the site of the closed Rite-Aid store on E Saginaw and Abbot. If it has to be another gas station, [there is brand new one across the street] this one looks OK and having a mini-mart and …
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One less parking lot one more housing development, when I look at the googlemap there are a lot more parking lots in the area that could be for people parking [homes] rather than for cars. It is good to hear that the downtown area is continuing to g…
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Thanks for a thoughtful discussion on this subject. I cannot remember what was on that location before it became a parking lot. I would guess that it may have been single houses. I am "so old" that I may not live long enough to see this area redevel…
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I read in the LSJ.com that the folks who own Park Lake Creamery are planning to open a chocolate factory in Old Town at 527 E Ceasar Chaves that will include visitor viewing areas to watch the candy being made. The space is on the east side of Cedar…
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I think of this spot more like a part of the industrial area that surrounds it on Kalamazoo, perhaps a less protonate industrial lot would be a better spot for this type of building, being next to our water and electric facilities has a lot to do wi…
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I ponied up a dollar so I could read the artical, which seemed pretty confident about the construction beginning in the spring. It talked about the cost and the new design, which looks good. The artical also talked about the Lansing Media Center bei…
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I saw a headline from LSJ that talked about the start of construction on the Ovation Center. The artical is behind the paywall so I did not see the details. I could see is that they are planning on a spring start. I hope come spring we really do see…
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When I lived across the street from this building for about five years, it filled our view out the front windows, so it was hard not to notice what was going on over there. For the most part stable folks [ with some crazy ones] lived there for years…
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I am hoping the Sears building and lot will be developed soon. they could build a whole neighborhood in that space. It was all about the parking back then, I don't remember when Frandor opened but I have seen some ads which tout the huge number of F…
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Thanks for posting this, I can remember all of the different phases of the life of Frandor. The covered era in the '70s was kind of dark inside along the walkway, but it made it seem rather cozy and main street like, with all the shoppers walking up…
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I was shopping in downtown Lansing and stopped into the new men's shop in the Michigan Theater atrium which is really beautiful. The salesman turned out to be from my old Quentin Park neighborhood, and he knew my older brothers and sister; he had wo…
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The projects on Grand Ave are being enclosed, and the southernmost building is being clad in some OK looking facades. The building on Kalamazoo is really quite large; it will be interesting to see how that neighborhood changes as all the new residen…