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This is a great sight! How long have they been talking about doing this since '06?
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Over here on the REOtown section of the trail, they have begun rebuilding the collapsed bank near GM and the trail is closed there. They have also replaced many cedar planks on all the bridges in this area. I am wondering if they are rebuilding real…
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I agree that this route seems not right, they could call this train route "The Hipster" service from fancy Ann Arbor to fancy Traverse City/Petoskey! I bet Governor Snyder would be on the first train. This route reminds me of the roads up there, t…
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I have been reading about a plan for high-speed rail service between Ann Arbor and Traverse City. This sounds like a great idea but the planned route bypasses Lansing to the east. It seems like Durand is the place this new route will cross the CN tr…
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Over at Quentin Park, two baseball fields are being installed in the open area next to Barnes Ave... This was an open area that was used for softball, "peewee" football and ice skating in the old days. I think it is great that they are doing somethi…
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Thank you for posting this. I was last there about 40 years ago so I remembered the fountain but not how it worked! Looks kind of cool with the reflections on the marble wall, for some reason we like building fountains but then have a hard time main…
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Rebuilding and taming W. Saginaw/Oakland from underground up, all the way from Frandor to Grand Ledge would be a great thing for Greater Lansing. It is a state highway so perhaps a regional plan could be funded by the state. That is the corridor I c…
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They seem quite similar to the busses we have now maybe with rounded edges. The last time I remember a big change in bus design that I thought was cool and futuristic was when CATA went from the old 60's style chrome paneled buses to the sleek all w…
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Looks like fun It's cool the kept the bank vault and the mid-century modern feel. I think that The Bank of Lansing built that building, many of their branch buildings were nicely designed.
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This is so interesting, first JFK going down Michigan Ave. in a convertible Olds did not seem to cause much of a reaction from the folks of that day. Also in these classic photos, Downtown looks full of buildings and businesses of all kinds. I do re…
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It seems like Forest Road will also be the most direct ambulance route as well. I have not seen any depictions of the planned routes or entrances to the hospital, are they planning on using Dunkel?
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The news about "The Wing" is very interesting. These guys are for real it would seem. I think the location will be challenging and I think that that is what the developers are looking for [as in people will want to live Here?!} and the fact this inv…
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I was just on Forest Road [this is how I avoid Mt Hope which is falling apart at the east end], I was thinking that this street is going to become quite busy. I could see curbing and a sidewalk and bike lane on one side and a couple of stop signs to…
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It is too bad they did not just incorporate the old into the new, it is interesting to see a building fitting into the Plaza space. I guess they could build a hotel there. Our history is why we should not really compare Lansing with cites like Ann …
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I was reading a Lansing history book published in the 80's "Out Of A Wilderness" which tells about the same story as the others I have looked at. There were a few things the stuck out for me in this book. The Native Americans were "removed" from our…
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Yoops I was talking about the Grand Tower! It's true this would be a great place for a park, I could see lots of green framing the avenue on both sides of the street. They should also make Wentworth Park a more formal park with nice seating and pl…
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I agree that the Grand View building is entirely unremarkable, and I find the window pattern to be rather phallic! Add the Lugnut tower and it looks like we are all up in Lansing!:} Is this building up for sale or dedeveoplment? I think it would be …
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The roads in this area get really beat up due to all the heavy trucks coming and going to the cement plants and the landfill, a haul road to the landfill and past the plants to take the trucks out of the retail areas would be another good idea. A tr…
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It is really very exciting that this building is going to be repurposed, and hundreds of people will soon be living there. I listened to an interview with Jody Washington that I found on Urban Systems website and she seemed to say that many more p…
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I noticed a great depiction of the new brewery being built on S. Washington in the City Pulse. They finished re-bricking the facade a few weeks ago, but there are still boards on the windows and char stains on the front so there is a way to go. I a…