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I have never seen that fakey trolley bus in service. They use those things for tourist tours in the little town I lived in out east and I always thought they looked bad and the people on them always looked kind of embarrassed, which leads me to why …
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That is very interesting I had not heard of the other trolley lines. Before they dug up Washington Ave in the 60's you could still see the rails for the street cars, they had trolleys that went all the way to Lake Lansing. History tells us that GM …
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It may not have been on this page I also brought up the idea of connecting Lansing's Classic Neighborhood, Old Town, Downtown, and REO town. I thought it might be interesting and fun to have classic urban buses run a loop through the three areas. …
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This is a great photo, I think they could build a pedestrian version of this bridge to replace the ugly one that goes to the Lansing Center. I wonder what they did with the s…
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I did not live here in '07 so I guess they must have removed the siding at some point,I think this summer it was an entirely field stone facade as it was in the 60's when I grew up. I pointed it out perhaps as an example of a house or building that …
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Thank you to everyone for your interesting thoughts, it is so great to find others who think about these things. I had not thought of it but a R.E. Olds/Lansing history museum would be great in either the old Olds buildings or the Eckhart site. I…
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I am not sure this is the page for this comment, I noticed the little field stone building at corner of Aurelius and Cavanaugh has been clad in vinyl siding. I know that it most be a privet home but it is kind of a shame. Years ago it was kind of a …
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I live right around the bend from the Eckert Plant and I find it have a kind of steam punk personality with the noise it makes as you go by on the river trail, it kind of goes like clunk clunk woerrrrr woerrr pishisssh which seems like such a small …
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Thank you for posting this photo, I have never seen it. I like how they have nice wide plank side walks on both side of the street. I am sure that was a point if civic pride. It is also interesting to note how developed the area is only 30 or 40 yea…
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Thank you for posting this photo, I have never seen it. I like how the have nice wide plank side walks on both side of the street. I am sure that was a point if civic pride. It is also interesting to note how developed the area is only 30 or 40 year…
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I think that when they built WJIM as the TV channel was called then, the building was called the "Country House" or something like that, I guess as a mid-century modern home of course they would have a kidney shaped pool in the backyard. I have not …
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It is great news to hear that they are going to do something with the Oliver towers building. I hope a plan involves re-doing the generic facade. It never was an attractive building for such a prominent spot. I would think that apartments in that bu…
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I think Michigan Ave could connect with a path that goes through the museum area and down to the river trail. That whole area of the trail could use an upgrade, as I have suggested lighting under all downtown bridges would make those parts of the tr…
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I have been by there a couple of times lately and it looks like there has been a delay or something because it is not open yet. I was wondering if anyone knows what that might be. I was thinking I read that they were going to open the new building i…
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I don't know anything other than what I have read here and in the LSJ but I am pretty sure Republicans do not like Lansing or it's Mayor, and their efforts to block this deal seem aimed more toward trying to defeat the Mayor rather than any concern …
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Thank you for your interesting thoughts on the subjects I have brought up. Like you said the drive up Turner is really nice, the landscape is nice rolling fields, big old oak trees covering the roads lots of real farm houses on real farms. The flag …
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I made a nice country drive by starting on Turner Street in Old Town and going north all the way to Dewitt and over to Sleepy Hallow and back down to East Lansing. In the area that is suppose to welcome people to Dewitt at least five houses had Conf…
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I was very much looking forward to going to the City Market when I moved back here in May.I thought the people there were nice but it felt kind of desperate. Short of knocking the whole thing down, [I think architecturally it fails in many ways, why…
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I was also wondering why there are always lots of folks down by the V.O.A. on Larch is there housing there, do they work there? Is that the shelter that blocks the view? I guess it must be!
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I found your story about what happened after I moved out east very interesting. There was a great turning away from the cities and Michigan that began in the 70's. People would line up out side Paramount News on Sundays to get the latest newspapers …