Eyesore of the Week

122 Allen St., Lansing

For more than a year, the splintered, shattered remains of this eastside Lansing house have sat in massive heaps inside a fence that surrounds the property, located half a block south of Michigan Avenue. While the fence is high enough to keep out all but the most intrepid intruders, the property is dangerous and certainly an eyesore.

No one was inside the home when an explosion occurred on Sept. 18, 2024. Michael Andrick of the Ingham County Land Bank, which was given the property, said the Lansing Fire Department told him a gas leak caused it. A handwritten sign, attached to the fencing facing the street for months, announces that Andrick is responsible for property cleanup coordination and that  work was supposed to occur over the summer.

It didn’t, but it appears it will begin soon. Andrick said the Land Bank has received a demolition permit from the city of Lansing and that Bolle Contracting will be starting work in the next week or two. He added that Conney Homes of DeWitt will build on the property.

The property was previously owned by John Krohn and Philip Battiato, according to the Lansing BS & A site. “I donated the property last November to the Land Bank,” said Krohn, “which I could only do because they applied for and received federal blight elimination funds specifically for that property.”

 

“Eyesore of the Week” is our weekly look at some of the seedier properties in Lansing. It rotates with Public Art, by Bill Castanier. Have a suggestion? Email eye@lansingcitypulse.com  or call in a nomination at 517-999-5061.