A mishmash of things today, including several aerial views that I have been saving up, from some of our local, talented drone photographers -
City skyline, from about a month back, with the changing leaves -
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Facebook | William Dolak
Another angle, with a closeup on the new(ish) 180 E Water St. / Catalyst Development -
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Facebook | William Dolak
This former bank building, at the c
orner of Burdick and Crosstown Parkway, had construction fencing and equipment, as of a few weeks ago. I was able to confirm that Bronson Methodist Hospital purchased it. Rumor has it that this is being abated for asbestos / hazardous materials, and that it is going to be torn town, once abatement is finished. It was definitely oversized & outdated, for the way most modern banking happens today. It was most recently a 5/3rd Bank. In the past, it was Old Kent & others. It originally opened as American National Bank, about 60 years ago, in 1964 -
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Facebook | John Johnson
A late summer aerial photo from near Kalamazoo / Battle Creek International Airport, right beneath the final approach vector for runway 35. This is a great shot that really exemplifies the natural "valley" topography of the city -
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Facebook | Caleb Stauffer (Stauffer Aerial)
Another great aerial shot of the sun setting beyond WMU's Waldo Stadium, just before kickoff of the big MAC rivalry game, WMU vs. Central Mich. (the Broncos won) -
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Facebook | Caleb Stauffer (Stauffer Aerial)
These next three are all aerial views concentrated on the four blocks of Arcadia West, which are being cleared & vacated for the future event center. The last few of the old buildings on these blocks are now cleared -
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Facebook | Caleb Stauffer (Stauffer Aerial)
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Facebook | Caleb Stauffer (Stauffer Aerial)
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Facebook | Caleb Stauffer (Stauffer Aerial)
A unique, low-altitude fish-eye rendering of an empty downtown Kalamazoo on Thanksgiving day -
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Facebook | William Dolak
This vanilla-looking, 7,500 SF, $4 million Hamptons Plaza at 6289 W. Main Street in Oshtemo Township (developed by Battle Creek-based Carroll Development) is finished. It will include up to 5 commercial storefronts, the first of which sounds like it will be a nail salon -
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MLive | Joel Bissell
Demolition of the unassuming 40 Winks Motel began yesterday. This old roadside relic was located along Douglas Avenue just north of the US 131 business loop. It opened in late 1954 and declined over the decades. It served as low-cost lodging, including rooms rented by the hour. One of its more unsavory nicknames was "40 Wanks". Most-recently, it served as a kind of halfway house for folks struggling on the doorstep of homelessness. The property is zoned 201 - Commercial (Kalamazoo Township) and owned by The Colby Family Trust. No word on if there are plans for the cleared lot -
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Facebook | Mark Cottingham
Someone on Facebook posted this old postcard of it, from 1955 -
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Facebook | Dorothy Decker
Some views of the new Women's Basketball locker facilities at WMU -
I'm diggin' the wall graphic showing the downtown street system -
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LinkedIn | AVB
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