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I was by the station yesterday, it still seems that it is not in use as of yet. Is the property issue with the railroad still causing the delay? It does seem like they are starting to take care of the landscaping as the weeds are gone.
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It is very good that Lansing will start looking at the neighborhood commercial corridors. It is kind of ironic that Holmes Road is one of the few nicely paved roads and is pleasent to drive. I agree that the four corners at Holes,and Cedar, MLK, Ple…
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I could be wrong, but there seems to be activity in two of the shops near the new vintage shop with the octagon shaped window.Also the for sale sign is also gone from the nice building next to the BBQ shop. It looks like a natural place for a restau…
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It would be a good thing if the county did take over the trail,if they have the funds to take better care of it. It seems kind of silly it is money for trails in Ingham county, does it make a difference which pocket it comes out of. I was wonderin…
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It would seem to me that the city could have it's own emergency repair fund in the parks budget, maybe they already do. It is hard to think of any very large emergency that could happen short of a very bad flood. Most of the trail is 10ft. wide stri…
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I find it kind of amazing to hear your report about the idea of the river trail going three or four blocks down Waverly to Old Lansing Road. I am sure everyone knows that Waverly Road was a racial line that African-Americans were not suppose to cros…
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I was thinking perhaps building the ped. bridge on the Waverly Ave bridge maybe a extension along the east side of the bridge. Using the existing structure as the support for a bike/ped. lane kind of hooking onto the side so it would not actually be…
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I grew up near Moores River Drive and I remember when the built they four lane boulevard section with the bank wall from Mt Hope to Waverly, it was just two lanes before with little gravel turn outs if you wanted to look at the river. There use to b…
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Thanks for such an interesting report. I do like those houses, and what is left of what was one of Lansing's oldest neighborhoods. Most of the Capital Complex seems to be built in a defensive way, all on top of or behind huge walls. There is really …
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I love the river trail and it is good to hear that Lansing will be getting a far share of the parks and trails millage. I believe that investment in the downtown part of the trail will be returned by people using it, maybe even stopping to spend som…
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I agree a full row of shop fronts would have been a better idea. Just how many people will need to use a drive thru there for banking? I am not sure but it could not be that many. Is that feature really worth the space it takes up is what I would as…
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I like the idea of an industrial aspect to a building at the REOtown sign site, there was a water tower in the Diamond REO plant the had the logo painted on it and could be seen while driving up Cedar or Washington. I was in Detroit recently and the…
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I was away for a long time so it all pretty amazing to see change in the central city of Lansing. I have to agree that I really don't see a downtown vs.stadium district thing. The businesses that left may have had many reasons all different for leav…
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They both have some good and not so good aspects. I like that the new one uses the whole block. I could see the "row house" part use the architectural points from the old building they have incorporated. The new is all squares and rectangles and doe…
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That is so great to hear, I hope they consider making it look nice. The Lansing Center stairs seem to have a bad gate you really have to watch your step there. I hope they plan a bike path up to Michigan Ave from the river trail. It could go up Muse…
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You can still see the stairway the went up to Michigan Ave. on the south side. It was part of the original river walk. the signage is still there and looks cheap and dated. They could rebuild those stairs or maybe have some sort of cool "steam punk"…
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I think these photos are very interesting. Even I am not old enough to remember Sears downtown on Michigan Ave.. So downtown had at least six large department stores! I know that parking and the idea that shopping centers became the ideal place to s…
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I do like the new artwork, I am sure the after 5 part was added at the businesses below request. I have seen people stopping at the new REO Clubhouse mural posing in front and snapping photo's. So theses types of projects really do create "places" w…
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The electric bus is an interesting idea, it would be cool if just by running they recharge their own batteries. May they could get a charge somehow at each stop. Lansing loves internal combustion so it is hard to imagine CATA going electric, but may…
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While it is true I think the should tear the building down and start over, it does not seem like that will happen, not until they build the casino anyway. So I do think that this a positive thing for market and neighbors. I have seen some pretty sma…