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Just FYI I was speaking more in big picture terms, not specific to The Mission, I know very little about what they do good/bad/in-between besides that they're a faith-based homeless shelter. I hate to get off topic too far but I do have a sort of…
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IMO arguing that the Rescue Mission shouldn't get government funding because of their policies is reasonable and logical, but I believe in the right of organizations and individuals offering help to choose whom they offer help based on any criteria …
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Yeah, I didn't want to mention the house on Walnut as I'm trying to not be too negative and there's not much to be nice about on this. It just goes to show how far this city has to go if saving a house like that isn't economically viable nor is ther…
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Agreeing to disagree I can do. Gillespie has given plenty of reason to be pessimistic but imo he's been trending in a positive direction, perhaps because of the divisiveness of his multicolor buildings. I will agree that years of independent renovat…
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Thanks. It really is great to see. Once the Tower on Grand gets to 10+ floors and Capitol Tower and Ovation are vertical it'll really feel like something is happening. To see major concrete work underway and the crane up at Tower on Grand is truly a…
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I couldn't disagree more. The buildings are currently ~20ft wide individual storefronts and it appears that same trait will remain after the renovation, at least externally. I like most of the storefronts staying essentially the same, I like that he…
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A photo update from yesterday evening: Tower on Grand Walter Neller Building demolition continuing First new stuff installed at the Fish Ladder Music Park (These might be the instruments intended to be played by parkgoers) There …
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MSU Pavilion has been renamed the Farm Bureau Pavilion, the sponsorship will help fund the new arena they had been fundraising for along with other improvements. There's no word on the timeline for the addition or improvements. The old expansion pro…
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They have been really good about sharing videos and stuff on Facebook, it's kind of nice to see. I hope they keep updates going on more than just Tower on Grand as the projects progress. They've also reminded me that the south Grand ramp offers good…
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The new rendering is better than the last, but not as good as the original one with the light gold color IMO. I like the sharp angles better than the faceted curves, at least in this case. I'm disappointed that the garage over the street seems to ug…
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It was briefly discussed above by me and @MichMatters on June 6th. Gillespie Group is redeveloping the buildings, along with the two storefronts to the west, into retail and 15 apartments.
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They now have some more serious equipment on site here and they are tearing up the parking lot/leveling the site. Hopefully it's not another false start, it doesn't appear that way.
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Yeah, it's not clear to me how long it was a bus station for. I have a feeling this may have been done as a bus station around WWII or shortly after, the photo referenced as being in 1949 appears to show the building as not a bus station. Those pre-…
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@MichMatters Looks like they could have used the alley to Allegan as the exit, assuming the tunnel through the building itself was the entrance. Here's links to some of the HSGL's Facebook posts on the building: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/…
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They got the tower crane up today for Tower on Grand, it's nice to see on the horizon.
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The HSGL Facebook page shared a bunch of pictures of the Walter Neller building around the time it was demoed, that's where I first heard of it being a bus station. I guess the busses drove through that opening and had some sort of boarding area aro…
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It sounds like they plan to implement these designs with the CSO work, they say in the post this is in preparation for that. As far as I can tell there's a question as to whether or not they want to create a main cycle path down Washington Sq or …
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The city of Lansing is doing a survey on possible configurations for the South Washington rebuild/streetscape project coming up next year. They have options that I very much like as presented. There's three A/B/(C) questions: -For street type, I'm…
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At the neighborhood meeting we had with LHC they said that they bought the plaza and didn't know what they were going to do with it. I advocated for them to not build more housing in the area and will continue to do so. More LHC projects in my backy…