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The J.W. Knapp Company Building is a historic five-story, 190,000-square-foot (18,000 m 2) Streamline Moderne building in Lansing, Michigan, United States.Designed by Orlie Munson of the Bowd–Munson Company, which also designed several other Art Deco landmarks in Lansing, including the Ottawa Street Power Station, [2] it was constructed by the Christman Company in 1937 through 1938.
By the 1910s, the state realized the need for a new office building, and funds were appropriated beginning in 1917 for a new structure. Architect Edwyn A. Bowd of Lansing was commissioned to design the building, and plans were approved in 1918. Construction commenced in 1919 on the Classical Revival style building, and was completed in 1921. [2]
Construction immediately began on the first portion of the school, and it opened in September of the same year. The district constructed the second phase in 1920. [2] Soon after opening, the Lansing School District created junior high schools and Barnes shifted to serve students in grades one through six, plus kindergarten.
This northern section was not planned as an Interstate Highway at that time, bearing the designation M-275 instead. Opposition to construction came from various citizen's groups, different levels of local government, and both The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press. The Detroit City Council, led by then-Chairman Carl Levin, opposed the plan as ...
LANSING — Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard will be completely closed beneath the Interstate 96 overpass overnight on Tuesday, July 9, while crews work on the bridge deck, officials said.
The Boji Tower, also known as the Michigan National Bank Building, is a historic 23-story building located at 124 Allegan Street, in Lansing, Michigan. It has been the tallest building in Lansing since its completion in 1931. On December 6, 2005, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Capital Bank Tower. [1]
As of December 2024, construction on the northbound stretch of I-496/US 127 is complete outside of the Trowbridge Road interchange, and improvements to the southbound stretch are slated to begin in early 2025. [31] In January 2025, the city of Lansing was awarded a $1 million federal grant to develop a plan to cap portions of I-496. [32]
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