Lansing Photo of the Day

[Eridony]

Love the photo Eridony! The parking ramps provide great views, but it is hard to get good lighting from there because of the southern face of the sun.

Thanks, the lighting that day was bad in all directions with the gloomy weather that day. I love the views you get up there though.

I got lured in today on the way home from the Y. Probably the blue sky...

That's the coolest photo I've ever seen of that plant. The river makes the photo, it looks so angry!

[statedude3]

I was over at Moorse Park two weekends ago and I was shocked at how high the river was! It's always high this time of year, but all the extra snow is really showing up down there. the fishing pier next to the canoe landing was under water. In the 3 years since it was built, I cannot remember it being that high (excluding the spring thaw).

[beatneck]

I took a stroll through the Walter French School yesterday. Here are a couple pics.

Edited March 3, 2008 by beatneck

[hood]

Here are some SketchUp images of Lansing. I added in all the proposed projects, ones in Blue are proposed, ones in green are under construction.

[Eridony]

Nice work Hood! With any luck hopefully you'll be able to change the 18 story condo building from blue to green later this year.

[Eridony]

It's hard for me to accept that I took these pictures 5 years ago.

Okay, these two are "only" 4 years old.

[LA Dave]

I love those pics of the old part of the MSU campus. The campus really is lovely, and prettier than almost any part of the Central Campus of my alma mater in Ann Arbor.

[Eridony]

I love those pics of the old part of the MSU campus. The campus really is lovely, and prettier than almost any part of the Central Campus of my alma mater in Ann Arbor.

Thanks! That's a big compliment from a U of M grad! I love MSU, but when I think of why I love it I always remember North campus. I try to block out the post WWII south campus. I lived in North Campus for three years and some of the buildings are even more amazing on the inside.

[LA Dave]

Thanks! That's a big compliment from a U of M grad! I love MSU, but when I think of why I love it I always remember North campus. I try to block out the post WWII south campus. I lived in North Campus for three years and some of the buildings are even more amazing on the inside.

You are very welcome. Yeah, post World War II campus architecture is horrendous, whether in Cambridge, Westwood, East Lansing or Ann Arbor. Fortunately, the Michigan Business School, a building that I thought Albert Speer could have designed had he had a branch office in the States, was recently demolished. Unfortunately, South Quad and Bursley Hall remain to blight the Ann Arbor landscape.

[Eridony]

You are very welcome. Yeah, post World War II campus architecture is horrendous, whether in Cambridge, Westwood, East Lansing or Ann Arbor. Fortunately, the Michigan Business School, a building that I thought Albert Speer could have designed had he had a branch office in the States, was recently demolished. Unfortunately, South Quad and Bursley Hall remain to blight the Ann Arbor landscape.

LOL, I never saw that building but comparing its design to an Albert Speer building really makes me curious. I was only on UofM's campus once but I was very impressed by some of the buildings I saw. I remember the Union, the Law Quad, and I think an engineering building were very attractive. On the other side of things though I remember seeing this building, I think it was Administration, that possible looked worse than MSU's Admin.

Not to stray off the topic of this thread, here are a couple more photos.

My home for three years:

[Eridony]

Well the snow is gone, that means it's time for road construction season!

[Eridony]

I took enough pictures this weekend to supply the photo for the day for awhile.

Look what I found. A sign that still has the right name on it.

[hood]

Thats good, I always like to see new pics. BTW, I love that building, it's easily one of my favorites in Lansing.

[Eridony]

Thats good, I always like to see new pics. BTW, I love that building, it's easily one of my favorites in Lansing.

I like that building too. I'd like to be there one day when it's actually open though.

Another Lansing picture:

[Eridony]

Central United Methodist Church across the street from the capitol.

[RustTown]

I've never seen the city from this view. It shows the core of the downtown area:

David Trumpe - Link

From Lansing Area Capital Gains online magazine: http://www.capitalgainsmedia.com/

[hood]

Thats easily the best shot I've seen of downtown.

[sabatoa]

That's a great shot. I wish I could get access to that location to shoot.

[RustTown]

I was trying to guess from where it was taken and the only thing I can think of is from the now-demolished stack of the Ottawa Street Station. The angle is a bit too high to have been taken from the buildings roof, which is shorter than the Grand Towers roof.

[beatneck]

bump....

Edited May 30, 2008 by beatneck

[Eridony]

I didn't plan on visiting Lansing over the weekend but I woke up Sunday to see a perfect summer day. When I think of places to be on summer days like that I either think of Lansing or the beach, and since Lake Michigan is probably still pretty cold I got in my car and drove to Lansing. I took about 800 pictures in Lansing/EL/MSU and I've just started uploading the better ones on to Flickr.

Here are a couple from the set.

this may not be pretty, but I liked finding a billboard with the old name still.

PS - Beatnick: I didn't see your picture until today but I took the same shot yesterday, including the Allegan Street sign as well.

[hood]

Construction progress on the MSP HQ, their a little over half done with the steel:

Edited June 28, 2008 by hood

[RustTown]

June 29, 2008

[RustTown]

Primary Colors

[woodsstephene]

Construction progress on the MSP HQ, their a little over half done with the steel:

So what's the story with the guy on the left in the BMW...... My guess is he is overcome with despair at the wasted opportunity that is the Triangle site...