^ I was up north for a few days, earlier this week, and I was able to stop in Manistee on the way back home to check out this hotel, plus a few other things from the road. The new hotel is quite a change from the modest lakefront motel that once stood there. And to be more accurate, it is a Hampton Inn (owned by Hilton). These photos are from Wednesday, 6/8 -
The adjacent Lakeshore Drive also appears to have gotten some new work -
Here is the gateway to downtown along River Street. I was disappointed (though not suprised) to see that nothing else with the downtown gateway project (aka Spirit of the Woods) has progressed (you can spot the construction fencing on the right) -
Drive-by of the WSCC Downtown Education Center -
Drive-by of Joslin Cove Townhomes expansion. These are north of the channel / downtown, along US 31 -
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