Community, collaboration form Lansing’s Hispanic heritage
Emilio Garcia helped settle Lansing. Garcia was about 14 when he moved here from Mexico around 1940 with his two brothers, recalled his son Joe. “They would travel here, work for …
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GiantMouse Knives cuts out a niche in Old Town
For 10 years, Jim Wirth has run his luxury knife brand, GiantMouse Knives, without a showroom. The Michigan native was living in California when he started the company with Danish knife …
Hispanic Heritage Month kickoff event at Lansing City Hall postponed
FRIDAY, Sept. 12 — Lansing’s Hispanic Heritage Month kickoff event at City Hall has been postponed out of caution over “general concern about what is going on in the world,” …
Sink or swim
Three months ago, Bruce Cornelius canceled his subscription to the Lansing State Journal. “I hate to say it,” he said, “but there’s nothing there to read. It’s not …
Craig Ryan Fine Clothing adds to revitalization of Atrium building
It’s been a while since downtown Lansing’s historic Atrium building was lively. Formerly home to the Strand Theatre and Arcade, later known as the Michigan Theatre, which closed in 1980, …
Ovation Center retrenches on its Albert Kahn redesign
A year ago, the city of Lansing unveiled a major redesign of the Ovation Center of Music and Arts by nationally known Detroit architect Albert Kahn Associates with an undulating glass façade …
Local tenants’ activist announces Democratic congressional bid for MI-7
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 27 — Over 150 gathered at the Allen Neighborhood Center yesterday evening to kick off the congressional campaign of William Lawrence, a local activist and organizer. …
City enforcement is up; red-tags are down; work remains
After two Freedom of Information Act requests by City Pulse for a list of red-tagged properties from the city of Lansing were denied, the Schor administration reversed itself and sent the list last …
‘It’s not about the money, it’s about the principle’
The 1890 house at 1119 Seymour Ave. in Lansing has been red-tagged for so long that the tag is more pinkish-orange. Following $150,000 in renovations and two and a half years of local …
Old clothes find new life at Lansing Emporium
Nine years ago, Lansing resident Monica Haladyna was diagnosed with complex regional pain syndrome, a disability that left her unable to continue her work in cybersecurity. Her hands would bunch up …