Lansing Photo of the Day

[dtown]

Man, those look great.

[GR8scott]

I really like that last pic

[RustTown]

A sleepy Grand River corridor...

Dr. Spartan - http://www.flickr.com/photos/80465514@N00/

Maybe, one day we'll see it alive.

Turner Mini-Park in Old Town, Lansing's smallest designated park

Singlecupofcoffee - http://www.flickr.com/photos/singlecupofcoffee/

Edited December 18, 2006 by Lmichigan

[RustTown]

Looking from the Michigan Hall of Justice October 2004

http://www.wunderhund.com/Gallery/gallery_main.asp

[RustTown]

Plymouth Congretional Church on Lansing's north eastside. It has an interesting set up. It's a modern-styled church where the pulpit is in the middle of the church and everyone sits around it.

skookie6778- http://www.flickr.com/photos/skookie/

skookie6778- http://www.flickr.com/photos/skookie/

Edited December 21, 2006 by Lmichigan

[RustTown]

Capitol

MichSt - http://www.flickr.com/photos/12299238@N00/

mricha15 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/marthajr/

mricha15 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/marthajr/

[statedude3]

Spectacular photos of the capitol.

I lived in Lansing my whole life, 21 years until the past summer and I think I really took for granted the presence of such a spectacular structure.

[RustTown]

You did go on a field trip, didn't you? I thought every Lansing-area kid went on a field trip to the capitol.

[RustTown]

markbajekphoto1 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/19218669@N00/

[statedude3]

markbajekphoto1 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/19218669@N00/

During my semester at LCC I often walked over to the Capitol for lunch. I'd get a dog or burger from a local place and relax on the lawn. I think the public space there is very well layed out.

[RustTown]

I have a major gripe with it, though, and it's the fact that it's set up as a "walk through" campus. It would be even better if they opened it up to the people and put some decorative benches for people to sit on, and such like they do in Reutter Park. It feels much more like a monumental "living room" than a people's "den". My major gripe with downtown is that it has no downtown focal point as the capitol has a very "keep of my" lawn feel, even though it's the people's house. I'd love to see a better 'central square' created from the parking lot in front of the new Constitution Hall building where concerts and such could be held. Riverfront Park serves as the events park for downtown, but it feels so cut off from downtown despite being within its boundaries.

[RustTown]

I wish the photographer would have just panned a little to the right and left to have shown the whole skyline....

MichSt - http://www.flickr.com/photos/12299238@N00/

[RustTown]

Eckert Power Station Cooling Towers

Kiddharm - http://www.flickr.com/photos/kiddharma/

North Lansing Dam with Ottawa Street Station and Grand Tower in the distance upriver

Patrick T Power - http://www.flickr.com/photos/o_caritas/

Grand Ledge limestone ledges

jowo - http://www.flickr.com/photos/jowo/

Edited January 4, 2007 by Lmichigan

[dtown]

Those are all great pics. Thanks for posting.

BTW, i like that pic of the "damn". (nice typo, lol)

[RustTown]

Wow. Talk about a Freudian slip. lol

[wolverine]

Call me stupid, but I never knew Grand ledge was called that because it actually had "ledges" oookay!

But hey, what can you say when the Rapids aren't all that Grand, The Flint doesn't spark, and all that's north of Detroit is a Royal joke.

[RustTown]

Yeah, the limestone ledges are some of the tallest in the Great Lakes region, supposedly. I've got to get some photos. The downtown overlooks the river and sits over 60 feet above the river. It also has a cool island park.

More

Ghetto Mansion by MichSt (http://www.flickr.com/photos/12299238@N00)

[dtown]

I should check out grand ledge myself next summer.

That last pics of the skyline is awesome, Lmich.

[statedude3]

Photo Request: New Pattengill Middle School

I drove by on me way out of town today and it's the first time I had seen it in several months. It looks HUGE from the outside. I know next to nothing about the details though.

[RustTown]

The size and location make it really hard to photograph accurately, but I'll see what I can get. I'm not promising anything, though.

I'm not really a big fan of the thing. They designed a suburban-styled school in every sense of the word (i.e. huge setback from the streets, surrounded by parking...) right in the middle of the Eastside, and it may lead to the historic Pattengill being demoed.

[statedude3]

The size and location make it really hard to photograph accurately, but I'll see what I can get. I'm not promising anything, though.

I'm not really a big fan of the thing. They designed a suburban-styled school in every sense of the word (i.e. huge setback from the streets, surrounded by parking...) right in the middle of the Eastside, and it may lead to the historic Pattengill being demoed.

It's location though was not really suited for anything urban in design though- I think it would have looked a little awkward. As much as historic Pattengill was nice looking, it's facilities were very poor and needed replacing.

I'm a Catholic Central graduate and I heard through the grapevine that CC lobbied and even tossed in some money for a larger parking facility at Pattengill to accommodate events across the street such as basketball games and plays which always produced overflow crowds that had parked on the vacant lot that was there before the school. Is there any truth to this? I have never heard anything other than the word of mouth.

[hood]

The new Pattengil is the exact same design that Detroit Schools has used for several new middle schools, with that said I don't like it that much either.

[RustTown]

Hawk Island County ParK

http://www.ingham.org/pk/

Hawk Island County Park is unique in that it's a county park completely surrounded by an urban city, one of the few in Michigan. It was originally Sablain's Gravel Co. Gravel pit excavated in the 1940's. It was transformed into a park between 1999 and 2001.

[LA Dave]

Call me stupid, but I never knew Grand ledge was called that because it actually had "ledges" oookay!

But hey, what can you say when the Rapids aren't all that Grand, The Flint doesn't spark, and all that's north of Detroit is a Royal joke.

Ha, ha.

I remember climbing those ledges a number of years ago with friends. Can you still do that?

[rivegauche]

Eckert Power Station Cooling Towers

Kiddharm - http://www.flickr.com/photos/kiddharma/

North Lansing Dam with Ottawa Street Station and Grand Tower in the distance upriver

Patrick T Power - http://www.flickr.com/photos/o_caritas/

Grand Ledge limestone ledges

jowo - http://www.flickr.com/photos/jowo/

Your photographs are truly art! They deserve a proper display or recognition.