Lansing Off Topic

[JazperG]

Has anyone else noticed how vibrant downtown East Lansing has been for the past 3 weeks? The foot traffic and new developments have really added a lot of life to the area. Hopefully more future developments that are planned will increase this.

[RustTown]

You mean more vibrant than the usual return of MSU students?

[statedude3]

I think Potbelly Sandwiches might be the greatest invention since the big mac.

Just thinking about it is making me hungry.

[statedude3]

I never realized how much I would miss living in Lansing. Growing up in the city I thought it was boring and lacking much fun. But now that I'm in Detroit 90% of the time (only in Lansing/EL for class and visiting family) I realize how much of a part of my life it was.

Just had to hit a sentimental not before dozing off for the night. Goodnight Lansing.

[ZachariahDaMan]

Hood, would you happen to know a Rep. John Pastor. He talked to my government class today and mentioned you. He was talking about people serving at really young ages (around 21).

[hood]

Nope, I have no idea who he is. I've never served in any office or anything, and I'm only 18.

[ZachariahDaMan]

My bad, he talked to my class and mentioned someone named "hood" who served so I thought it might be you.

[ZachariahDaMan]

Are there any nice little towns around Lansing? Sometime soon I will be going to Lansing and I was wondering if there are any towns I should be sure to hit up. The only one I have been to is Williamston.

Edited September 28, 2006 by ZachariahDaMan

[JazperG]

downtown lansing is awesome but everyone is usuaully in the bars or clubs, or studying late nite at cooley, not too much foot traffic, but east lansing is awesome, downtown east lansing and cedar village r pretty dense areas. if u seen tha plans for downtown, the west area, and cedar village, u can start to compare the massive changes that are bout to occur for the next 20 years.

[statedude3]

You might enjoy DeWitt, and possibly Mason. You should definately go to Portland (15-20 minutes west of Lansing on I96). I've got family from Portland, and if I was a small town kinda guy, no doubt that is where I would take my family someday.

[Veloise]

Special event coming right up.

Birthday contra dance party:

http://home.earthlink.net/~karencontracall...e2.htm#birthday

This is also a benefit for Elves & More of West Michigan (which assembles & distributes brand-new bicycles for disadvantaged children).

And greetings from the Grand Rapids forum.

(I grew up in the Detroit area, so I picked a venue midway between.)

[statedude3]

I didnt know where else to put this, so I decided to bump this old thread...

Does anyone have information about the vacant building immediately west of the 5/3rd tower? It is a very thin structure that appears to be empty, but the ground level looks to be in the process of renovation, or a stalled renovation. I never noticed this building before, but it looked quite old. I thought perhaps it would have an interesting history or something. Sorry, I couldn't get a pic...only had my camera phone on me today.

[RustTown]

Funny you should mention that. Check out my photo tour I took, today. This building is currently under renovation into 4 apartments. It's funny, because very few people even realize the structure exists.

[ZachariahDaMan]

Today I went to Lansing to get something for my dad. First time seeing downtown Lansing. I will have photos posted later.

[hood]

No pics yet?

[ZachariahDaMan]

Having a lot of computer problems, hopefully soon though.

[statedude3]

So I got in a little fender-bender on Michigan Ave. at Washington this morning.

I was critical of the new design with the traffic circle, but I was wrong...it works perfect. The problem is that you cant be driving at trying to take photographs of the beautiful new boulevard at the same time.

Oh well. The Avenue is coming along very well. The newly installed rain gardens look great. It will really be a site to see when they are completed all the way up to Pennsylvania, and the orange construction cones are removed.

[RustTown]

I must say, that you definitely shouldn't be trying to take photos while going through a roundabout. A roundabout takes all of your concentration.

[statedude3]

Does anyone know why the antenna was removed from the Boji Tower? The building looks very odd without it.

I just noticed it this morning. How long has it been gone?

[RustTown]

They took it off yesterday morning for repairs, and to quadruple the power of our local jazz station. It was quite a site. They took it off with a heavy helicopter.

Edited November 5, 2007 by Lmichigan

[msuschu]

Hello everyone! I'm new to registering on this site, but have been reading people's posts for several months. Hopefully I've figured out how to post!

Did people happen to catch the story in the LSJ on 1/4/08 about the Motor Wheels lofts (http://lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/...EWS01/801040319)? I'm glad to see that it's full occupied and what an amazing transformation from how the building looked when I moved to the Lansing area seven years ago!

In reading the comments on the LSJ article, I happened to see a comment mentioning that many Lansing city police officers do not reside in the city. I'd assumed for a police officer sworn to protect and serve a city that living in that city was a condition of employment. How common is it for cities not to require their police to live within the city limits? What other Lansing municipal employees (firefighters, administrators, public school system employees) are not required to live within the city?

[RustTown]

It's really quite common. Few cities these days, it seems, have a residency requirement for police officers, and even fewer for other public sector jobs. From what I understand, it was a debate that's been largely decided.

Edited January 5, 2008 by Lmichigan

[msuschu]

I love the new lampposts that are being put up on Martin Luther King Blvd between 496 and the Hall of Justice. How far north on MLK will these new black double-lampposts go? Are there plans to replace the wire-strung traffic lights with traffic lights on poles?

With these new lights, the newly-planted trees, and the brick portions of the sidewalks that were replaced, this area already looks so dramatically different!

Edited January 18, 2008 by msuschu

[hood]

I didn't even realize they were doing that, but I'm happy to hear it though. I too am hoping the city starts ditching the traffic lights hung on wires, but they even put them on wires at Kalamazoo & Washington, where they just got done with the CSO.

[LanCity]

I didn't even realize they were doing that, but I'm happy to hear it though. I too am hoping the city starts ditching the traffic lights hung on wires, but they even put them on wires at Kalamazoo & Washington, where they just got done with the CSO.

It has everything to do with cost, putting them on supported poles is significantly more expensive than to hang them on wires... however, they look better strung around the perimeter of the intersection than criss crossing over it, which is the new state standard. I believe it increases visibility and, personally, I think its more aesthetically pleasing. Though, I agree, poles would be best.