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I had not been over there in a while, so I took a drive to see if anything was happening on that corner. I found that the school building had been demolished, but everything was about the same. The shopping plaza on the northwest corner has been imp…
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I am happy to hear people do care; it could be such a nice attraction for downtown. We would go downtown in the early evenings to watch the fountain's light and water show when I was a kid in the '60s. Even back then the park had a 'reputation"; in …
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I just spent about an hour looking at this site, the riverbanks were so industrial, with so many factories there was not many places you could even see the river. These photos spark my memories, the neighborhoods on the west side of the Capitol, the…
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It would be great if the folks who develop and build projects at MSU could develop and build public projects in Lansing. I know that these are two different forms of administration, I think that the University projects have to go through similar ste…
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Thank you, I could see this huge flat area behind the trees going north on Abbot/Chandler to the east but could not see what going on there, a sod farm! that makes sense. The reason I thought it was some sort of government field or something restric…
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It is in Bath township just past the EL city limits on Abbot/Chandler the fields are on the right behind the trees and the buildings are on the left heading north.
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We take Abbot/Chandler for the start of our trip on backroads up to our cabin. The cabin is on the eastern side of Northern Michigan so going over to 127 takes you back west about 30 miles if you go up to Harrison. Along the way just past East Lansi…
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The clock tower is one place I never went into at Sexton, it was off limits for students, did the tour take you into the clock tower? I believe the clock is keeping the correct time these days. There is a farm on Round Lake Road that has a barn wit…
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It would be great if they would clear the waterways, I don't think a canoe could make from East Lansing to the Grand on the Red Cedar right now. It is a shame as the trip is really pretty along the way, is it a Lansing thing or DNR responsibility?
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I attended JW Sexton High School in the early '70s, after attending the modern '60s Dwight Rich JHS which also had some nice features, like a sunken garden around a huge oak tree in the front and another garden in the center or building. The auditor…
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I wonder if the state could provide funds the clear the waterways through the area. Seems like a super DNR project! Or maybe the local parks and rec. department should have a waterway petrol boat with equipment that could regularly lift the logs out…
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Behind Bordy [complex] is just the way I described the area, it is the area that is now connected to the River Trail right behind the dorms on the southwest corner. Just drive down the Red Cedar Parkway, or Kalamazoo Street towards EL and the work i…
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I saw this work being done yesterday and it just remined me of the Spartan Theaters that stood on that corner. Who thought a Rite-Aid and a bank would make more money than a theater [who knows maybe they did]? I did not live here when the Rite-Aid r…
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I am not sure who is doing this project, but the woods on the north side of Kalamazoo behind Bordy have had all the underbrush along the river trail removed. They left all the big trees and have turned the space into an assessable green space; it lo…
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Cool shot, I do like seeing the Blue Water! it looks like someone should be clearing all the logs away from the bridge.
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It is interesting to note that this relatively recently built office building would be replaced with non-student housing. I could see a couple more office buildings being replaced with housing along Abbot, I believe that the building across the stre…
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I was sort of thinking about what could be done with a house like this one, as you say there are many of them in the neighborhood. I was not advocating for these two to be restored. Homes of that age are becoming rarer here, and Lansing tends to kno…
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It is a "hope for the best situation"; I would if I were Gary G. I'd want a beautiful exciting looking building to go up on this prominent corner that says my business is a great success and this is the kind of building, we could build for you. He d…
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I could see the house being part of an entrance to the new building or like in New England they use the street side vintage houses for shops and restaurants, with the newer extensions, apartments or condos above and behind the street side buildings.
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Oh, good I really did not want to see an illuminated sign facing the river. I will be looking for the work to continue and I'll let you know how it is going.