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I was by this site yesterday and they are really going to town! They started with the cutting of the trees! Looks like they want to get the road access in place first. Be careful driving by there. There are huge deep potholes in the lanes where they…
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Interesting drawings of this project in the LSJ today. It looks like this one is going to start soon. I like that they seem to have a bolder more current modern design for these tall buildings. Ann Arbor is going to be blue with envy!
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I know we have a lot of trees but they are important for many reasons. I have read that the number of trees in urban areas has decreased by millions in the past decade. The trees do fill in but they really butchered some of them and cut down others …
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The painting has continued on the new brewery, they painted the front of the building this week. I knew they had planned to paint the whole building but it is a bit of a shame they could not keep the original yellow bricks, they had just rebuilt the…
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Work has begun on the new storage facility at Holmes and S Washington, I could tell because the first thing they did was to take out all the trees that were there from the old landscaping. Seems like we still have a frontier attitude here, step one,…
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An Interesting article on LJS.com about the idea of building a performing arts center in downtown Lansing! This could be a part of a new hotel conference center. The PAC would be in addition to the Adado Park stage plan and the under the bridge venu…
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That is a good one!
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I hope they will find at least one new name for these two developments, Park Place and The Park District are too similar and hard to keep straight which development is being discussed. I would think that shadow canyons[you can see the shadow effect …
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Much of the work on Mt.Hope Barnes and Smith Ave is done. If you want several blocks of driving pleasure the new pavement is really nice. Kind of an unexpected lane change westbound Mt Hope at MLK the right lane is for right turns only as west of th…
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You have brought up a very good point. My old neighborhood park Quentin had restrooms and a nice brass [beat up by ice skates] drinking fountain. I think many parks in Lansing had restrooms. I could see using the modern park and street restrooms lik…
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I went to the new liquor store which was very nice but still just a liquor store. I would have liked some other sort of business to move in there but it is certainly better than a closed gas station. It is really great that local groups are steppin…
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I think the front portion of the building is the new section. The shop seems busy enough and it does not look like they are moving. This building would be a great spot for a mid-size grocery store if Hacks did move.
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I noticed a for sale sign outside Hack's Key Shop on S.Washington was put up Friday. I thought it was kind of strange since they had just recently moved into and renovated that building. Maybe Hack's does not own the building? The nail salon down t…
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Maybe panels were the wrong term. The orange cladding that I noticed are long rectangular "board" like shapes. I was thinking they looked like a step up in quality from some of the other buildings with colorful claddings that have been built recentl…
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I have been in a couple of discussions about the I- 496 project and its effects on the city and the people who lived in the path of the highway on the Lansing Historical Society's Facebook page. It is very interesting to hear the stories of people a…
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I checked out the Phillips Partnership web site. There are some really nice designs and some really average designs. It looks like those false rooftops features are everywhere, I really dislike those, I just think why? I guess we will get what the d…
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I have been by that way and the old motel was still standing as of last week. It is interesting to see this easternmost strip of Lansing being developed. I am hoping they plan to improve the roads and access to the area. Also, I hope the MSU will no…
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Of course, there is some sense to all of these facilities, they would not be building them if not. They do not really add anything to a community, but at least these buildings will have found some use and pay taxes. It is very liberating to get rid …
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I was by this project the other day a noticed some the outside cladding is going up on some sections in the front. It is dark burnt orange "brick" colored panels that i.m.o. look good. It is a strong and deep color and red tones will look good in th…
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As most people in Lansing live in single family homes it seems kind of weird that folks have so much stuff they can not fit into their own homes. I guess people just want to keep their stuff forever. When I moved here I got rid of a ton of stuff and…