Washington, MI - an urbanizing hamlet - Part 2 (broadband required)

[mendelman]

Now we get into the old part of the hamlet.

Old storefront

A new "urban" commercial building

Various shots

(The old school and my yellow lab.)

Another "urban" commercial building

(Washington Township Hall)

(a typical example of "the rural Michigan party store")

(an old farmstead with a 1990s subdivision behind)

The Octagon House - a historic landmark in Washington Twp.

(Can't be Michigan twp. sprawl without the requisite overly wide street leading to a 1990s residential subdivision)

Finally, let's end with the image of commercial sprawl - The Big Box (a Meijers store in this case)

(this Meijers probably occupies more land area than the entire old portion of the hamlet just north)

[tamias6]

Now we get into the old part of the hamlet.

....

(this Meijers probably occupies more land area than the entire old portion of the hamlet just north)

[nofunk]

Nice. The old town has some character!

The road leading into the '90's subdivision looks more like a freeway on-ramp than a residential road.

[Michi]

There is some nice buildings throughout, but man, this is horrible.

[mendelman]

The road leading into the '90's subdivision looks more like a freeway on-ramp than a residential road.

[wolverine]

The road leading into the '90's subdivision looks more like a freeway on-ramp than a residential road.

[hudkina]

So that's why there's no money to repave the roads around here.

[Michi]

And Michi - why is it "so horrible"?

[Rybak 187]

I don't think I have seen this Meijer format before. Any idea as to when it was built?

[RustTown]

It must be a over a decade old. They have one of those formats in south Lansing.

[Ka3kab]

Have one in Traverse City as well. The store was remodeled around 2000 and built to look much like the one above.

[Rybak 187]

Thanks for the info.