[CPEO-BIF] "Gold Coast," Lansing, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Gold Coast Revival  	

Bill Castanier/Lawrence Cosentino
Lansing City Pulse (MI)
December 5, 2007

Gene Townsend unveils his plan for the first major residential
development near the Capitol Complex since the state began the wholesale
demolition of inner-city housing in the 1960s.

At the turn of the 20th century, the neighborhood west of the State
Capitol was so vibrant the local press dubbed it "The Gold Coast."  A
century later, after a period of decline and a partial steamrolling to
make room for largely unrealized state projects, developer Gene Townsend
hopes to breathe new life into the patchwork area with a new complex of
52 condominiums, mixed-use buildings and communal areas.

The $12 million project will fill a 5.8-acre parcel bordered by Ionia
Street on the north, Sycamore Street on the east, Ottawa Street on the
south and Butler Boulevard on the west. Most of the new housing will
fill vacant property, with four of the surviving residences blended in.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.lansingcitypulse.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1481&Itemid=29

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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