ratchetwrench
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Yes, street lights ~ traffic lights... I should have been more precise.
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I was surprised to see that the demo crews have started knocking down the buildings that front Grand River recently. I thought they only had the financial guarantee and go ahead from the city to tear up the parking lot...
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Thanks! I hope my comment didn't come off as too negative towards the improvements MSU has made to this buildings at this intersection - I think they look much better than what was there previously. I'm just surprised they didn't follow through to…
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I drove by this campus over the weekend, and it looks like work is well underway. It will be much nicer once the older, remaining buildings are rehab'd - there's still a lot of plywood up on the old window openings.
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On another note, I can't believe that the university hasn't done something more to spiff up the intersection at k-zoo and harrison road. After dumping 100's of millions of dollars into the Breslin Center and 1855, the rusty old electrical posts fo…
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It will look good, but I'm still having a hard time figuring out how the university is going to functionally connect that part of campus to the main portion. It's so isolated and has still has such a specific mission (clinical and biomed-based rese…
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I really hope they follow through with the improvements and access to the riverfront as well. Also, I noticed that there is a small convenience store that opened in a vacant storefront across from the community art center near the wash ave/ mt. hop…
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This is pie-in-the-sky, but it would be great if the city could forgive the back-taxes by carving off a chunk of that huge parking lot to set up as a small park/outdoor marketplace. That would really give that huge, sprawling commercial intersectio…
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Eli has a great article on the fallout from the failure of the EL income tax on city council's future plans: http://eastlansinginfo.org/content/council-discusses-major-budget-cuts-following-income-tax-failure Some highlights... Erik Altman …
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Well, there also is the history of Lansing, and Michigan, really, as being culturally car centered due to the regional economy.
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Ditto. I couldn't even find the mayoral (s)election results on the EL city website.
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That is astounding, especially considering the developer had no problem with clear cutting the whole area and promising to plant 3 trees for every one cut down.
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Temporary parking is a possibility I hadn't considered; I'd have to go back and see whether they topped the lots with gravel or dirt fill. But it seems like they have deliberately marked out the seeded areas, so I'm thinking they probably won't be …
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Well, I think the main problem is that there is a very vocal and involved minority in EL that absolutely refuses to believe that things should change from the 1986 status quo. And not just the NIMBYs. I've had conversations with people who are sti…
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I noticed that after demolition, the developers have marked off and planted grass only part of the filled in lots. Perhaps this means that they have new development plans forthcoming, and hope to get started soon?
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So forgive my ignorance here, but what is really holding up the project at this point? Is it still the drain commissioner?
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ELi reported last week that the EL planning commission failed to recommend this project. Not the end of the road, of course, since the ELPC is advisory. Although the commission was split (3 for, 3 against, and 3 absent) the project is being hobble…
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ok- thanks!
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Sorry for the confusion - I did mean cater/kitty corner to the lot with the sign. Not the one with the sign.
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Interesting point about the new zoning regs. It would be nice to see that change.