Traverse City

[dtown]

is that a major bank up north, or have you never heard of it?

[Ka3kab]

I've never heard of it and don't know how long it has been a bank, but I know that it only has a few branch's and they are all in the Petoskey-Harbor Springs area.

[dtown]

oh, too bad they werent larger, that way theyd build a taller building.

what was at the site before the construction began?

[Ka3kab]

A Tire Service station, Kinny's Tire Service I think it was called.

[dtown]

oh, myabe its not the tallest building, but its better than an empty old tire store.

[Ka3kab]

It wasn't empty. As far as I could tell, they did pretty good business. They moved to another location and I'm pretty sure that the bank gave them a fair amount of money for the space that enabled them to move and expand.

[dtown]

i thought they closed up that store when they moved to a bigger location?

about the bank though, will this become their new headquarters? or just a branch?

[Ka3kab]

Well, dammit, now I just don't remember. Either way, I remember seeing somewhere that the bank had bought the land and that is why Kinnys moved. I don't remember know though.

Second part: No, not that I know of. It seems like it would be but they don't have a presence at all in Traverse City, just farther north. It seems like an awfully big building just for a branch office and I can't imagine that their HQ in Harbor Springs is even close to that big.

[dtown]

i looked up there website, and it doesnt say a thing about a TC branch.

edit- i looked at the Record Eagle, and it says its The Bank of Northern Michigan ?

from the banks site-

We began with an office in Petoskey serving the Petoskey, Harbor Springs, Boyne City, Charlevoix and Indian River communities, expanded our footprint into Gaylord in January of 2006 and are now completing further expansion by opening an office in Traverse City that will serve the entire Grand Traverse community.

Edited October 9, 2006 by dtown

[RustTown]

Some interesting aerial shots of the region I found on Flickr:

MatrixWarrior - http://www.flickr.com/photos/zakfamily/

MatrixWarrior - http://www.flickr.com/photos/zakfamily/

MatrixWarrior - http://www.flickr.com/photos/zakfamily/

MatrixWarrior - http://www.flickr.com/photos/zakfamily/

MatrixWarrior - http://www.flickr.com/photos/zakfamily/

You guys have a very scenic city.

[RustTown]

BTW, what's the name of the power plant in downtown Traverse City on the bay?

[Ka3kab]

It's actually gone now, torn down last summer. I don't really know if it had a name, but it was a coal-fired power plant run by Traverse City Light and Power. Cool pictures though. The second one of the Grand Traverse Resort is pretty neat. I always forget just how big the place is, not just the tower, but all the condo's and other hotel rooms that are connected to it. I really liked the third pic.

[ZachariahDaMan]

I looked it up, it was called the Bayside Power Plant.

[dtown]

i actually used to have one of those pics as my desktop background.

i wonder what their going to put in the spot of the power plant.

[RustTown]

I'd hope they'd just leave the spot alone and let it be parkland. Nothing needs to be built right on the bay, there.

Photos from Traverse City Light & Power of the deconstruction:

Before

During

After

[dtown]

i think they should build a plaza there, and leave some of it grass/park land. That way people can gather there for festivals in the summer, and can ice skate there in the winter.

[egrguy]

In the first picture, on the right about mid way up there's a lot which looks like there is some construction going on, any idea what that is?

Plus, the Grand Traverse Resort kinda looks like a mini-amway grand.

[Ka3kab]

It's an older picture. That is where the parking deck and another four story building went up.

you can sort of see it in this picture, not the parking deck, but the building in the middle on the right.

[Anniecattc]

I thought I'd look up some information online about Traverse City since I didn't know much about it and I found wikipedia's profile on it really interesting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traverse_City

I was very suprised though to read that in the 2000 census it only had 14,532 people. I thought Traverse City had way more then that.

Traverse City Record Eagle: http://www.record-eagle.com/

Actually, our population more than doubles the week of the Cherry Festival!

[Anniecattc]

Hello everyone!! I am Anne, and was born in raised in Traverse City. I actually bought our family home from my father last year!

We love to complain about living here, but honeslty, I think we are the luckiest people on earth! It is truly beautiful here!! I have taken some lovely fall pictures, and if no one minds, I will post some soon! The colors here are truly extraordinary right now!!

I work for an environmental firm right now, though I am working on my masters in mental health counseling, so soon, I hope to be working in that field!

But even with the beauty of the area, we have people that find it more impressive to tear up wetlands and BUILD BUILD BUILD. Very annoying!!

[Anniecattc]

Forgot to add news - not much - it was Apple Days here last week - went shopping downtown on Saturday, got some apples

I have been far too busy to pay attention to construction, however, I live a block away from where they tore a bunch of trees down to biuld these townhouses, and now that they're going up, they can't sell them!!! Shouldn't they have maybe checked to see if anyone wanted them BEFORE tearing down all the tress? the neighbordhood hated the idea!!!

[Ka3kab]

What and where is apple days.

Edited October 10, 2006 by Ka3kab

[Ka3kab]

That's it. Time to move. I can not handle snow this friggin early. Snow showers forcast for Thursday October, 12. Too early.

[dtown]

haha, i cant snow that much, only a an inch or less, right?

Federated Properties is Back? We could be seeing building at the site of the previous proposal.

http://www.record-eagle.com/2006/oct/10deck.htm

hopefully no public money is used in building it, that way the residents cant complain and get the project squashed.

Edited October 10, 2006 by dtown

[egrguy]

welcome Anniecattc, i would be eager to see your photos of the area.

Ka3kab, we're forecasted to get snow here in GR this weekend too, so don't feel too bad, but yes its waaay to early for snow, no matter where you are.