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21 unusual facts about Lansing


Boji Tower

The Boji Tower, also known as the Olds Tower is a historic 23-story building located at 124 Allegan Street, in Lansing, Michigan.

Clifford M. Hardin

He taught Agricultural Economics at the Michigan State University of Lansing from 1944 to 1948, when he became the assistant director and then the director of the Agricultural Experiment Station.

Domino Kirke

"The Guard" was produced by Domino, Timo Ellis (Cibo Matto and The Netherlands) Jorge Elbrecht (Lansing-Dreiden and Violens) and was recorded in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Eduardo Miguel Perez

Perez was taken to St. Mary's Hospital in Lansing, Kansas where he eventually recovered from a tension pneumothorax, resulting from a collapsed lung.

Helen Morlok

Helen Morlok (born May 19, 1930 in Lansing, Michigan, died October 31, 2003 in Lansing, Michigan) is one of the four sisters listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's oldest identical quadruplets.

Josh Lambo

Joshua Gregory "Josh" Lambo (born November 19, 1990 in Lansing, Michigan) is an American football kicker who played college football for Texas A&M University, and former American soccer player.

Kate Carolan

Having lived in Lansing, Michigan, she reported for the Greater Lansing Business Monthly.

Lansing-Dreiden

The Incomplete Triangle, LP, self-released 2003 (reissued by Kemado Records, 2004)

A Sectioned Beam, EP, self-released 2004 (reissued by Kemado, 2004)

Lansing, Illinois

Curtis Granderson, outfielder for the New York Mets, graduated from Thornton Fractional South High School

Lansing, Iowa

James Isham Gilbert - Union general during Civil War; settled in Iowa in 1851 where he helped found the town of Lansing.

Lansing, Minnesota

Lansing is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Lansing Township, Mower County, Minnesota, United States.

Lansing, North Carolina

In the early 20th century, Lansing was a very busy place, primarily because of the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company (also known as the "Virginia Creeper").

Michigan Hall of Justice

The Michigan Hall of Justice, also known as the Michigan Supreme Court Building is a six-story structure at 925 Ottawa Street in Lansing, Michigan.

Milo Radulovich

He was hired by a private weather forecasting business, later went to work for the National Weather Service, and was chief meteorologist at Capital City Airport in Lansing, Michigan when he retired in 1994.

Ola Belle Reed

Born in Lansing, North Carolina, Reed's songs often speak of Appalachian life and traditions.

Patrick Thomas Leonard

Leonard died on March 1, 1905 and was buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Lansing, Kansas.

The Dividing Island

The Dividing Island is the second full-length album by Lansing-Dreiden.

Three O'Clock Lobby

Since free space was available to the group in the OJJS offices in Lansing, the amount proved to be excessive, even though staff were always paid ten cents an hour over the minimum wage.

Walter French Academy

Walter French Academy, also known as the Walter French Academy of Business and Technology and the Walter French Junior High School is a 3-story building located at the corner of Mount Hope and Cedar in Lansing, Michigan.

Zach Savich

Zach Savich (born December 1, 1982, in Lansing, Michigan) is an American poet.


Ahmed Fareed

Fareed started off his career as a weekend Sports Anchor for WILX-TV and WSYM-TV in Lansing, MI.

Capital Airport

Capital Region International Airport, serving Lansing, DeWitt Township, Michigan, United States

Capital Area Transportation Authority

The Capital Area Transportation Authority (CATA) is the public transit authority that operates mass transit bus service and paratransit within the metro Lansing, Michigan area, including service on the campus of Michigan State University.

Capital City Airport

Capital Region International Airport, formerly Capital City Airport, in Lansing, Michigan, United States (FAA: LAN)

David J. Doyle

Doyle, of Okemos, Michigan, is the Executive Vice President and chief political consultant at Marketing Resource Group of Lansing, Michigan.

Downtown Lansing

The offices of the city's government are located in Lansing City Hall at the corner of West Michigan Avenue and Capitol Avenue across the street from the Michigan State Capitol, which is the seat of the state government.

Frederick Lansing

Lansing was elected as a Republican to the 51st United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1889, to March 3, 1891.

Friends of Cancer Research

Sherry Lansing, The Sherry Lansing Foundation, Paramount Pictures

Gerrit Y. Lansing

Lansing was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second, Twenty-third, and Twenty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1837).

Great Waters Association of Vexillology

GWAV hosted the North American Vexillological Association’s 1995 annual meeting in Covington, Kentucky, the 2000 annual meeting in Lansing, Michigan, the 2004 annual meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, and the 2012 annual meeting in Columbus, Ohio.

Gretchen Whitmer

Prior to her election to the Michigan House of Representatives, Whitmer was a corporate litigator specializing in administrative and regulatory law with the firm Dickinson Wright in Lansing, Michigan.

Keith Parkinson

Keith Parkinson was born in West Covina, California, however due to his father's career in the corporate world with GMAC, Keith's childhood was spent all over the United States in cities such as San Diego, CA, New York, Miami, Florida, and Lansing, Michigan.

Lansing Campbell

Howard Garis' grandson, Brooks Garis, has produced a video, Uncle Wiggily and the Pumpkin, with Lansing Campbell illustrations and music by Chris Brubeck.

Lansing Manor House

The Lansing Manor House was built in 1819 by John Lansing, Jr. for his daughter and son-in-law, Jacob Livingston Sutherland.

Lansing Municipal Airport

On July 24, 1966, a Beechcraft Bonanza bound for Lansing Municipal Airport crashed on a nearby golf course.

Lansing Sailing Club

Founded in 1963, the Lansing Sailing Club is located on Lake Lansing in Haslett, Michigan near the capital city of Lansing.

Major General Daniel D. Minier

On family land, Daniel D. Minier constructed the Central Exchange Hotel (currently known as Rogues' Harbor Inn), the first brick structure in Lansing.

Matt Morrison

Morrison worked his way up through local television stations KRTV in Great Falls, MT, WILX-TV in Lansing, MI, and WJXT-TV in Jacksonville, FL.

MotorCities National Heritage Area

These counties comprise the Detroit metropolitan area as well as Saginaw, Flint, Lansing, Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Jackson and Kalamazoo.

North Presbyterian Church

Franklin Avenue Presbyterian Church, Lansing, Michigan, NRHP-listed, also known as "North Presbyterian Church"

Raynetta Mañees

Ms. Mañees’ acting led to an invitation to do commercial radio, and she was for two years an on-air personality on AM 1180, WXLA, in Lansing.

Rio Bravo Cantina

Besides suburban Atlanta, the chain also operated in Metro Detroit including locations in Ann Arbor, MI and Lansing, MI, Orlando, Florida, Tallahassee, Florida and Nashville, Tennessee.

Steve Bunin

Prior to ESPN, Bunin served as sports anchor/director at five different local news stations: WOTV-TV in Battle Creek, Michigan, from 2002-2003, WLAJ-TV in Lansing, Michigan, from 2000-2001, KNAZ-TV in Flagstaff, Arizona, from 1998-2000, WICZ-TV in Binghamton, New York, in 1997 and WTVH-TV in Syracuse, New York, in 1995-1996, where he worked alongside future CNN anchor Christopher Lawrence and future ABC anchor David Muir.

Terauchi Masatake

He oversaw the Nishihara Loans (made to support the Chinese warlord Duan Qirui in exchange for confirmation of Japanese claims to parts of Shandong Province and increased rights in Manchuria) and the Lansing-Ishii Agreement (recognizing Japan's special rights in China).

Tracy Barnes

Tracy was born in Manhasset, Long Island, New York to parents Courtland Dixon Barnes (June 13, 1881 in Stonington, Connecticut - ?) and Katherine Lansing Barney (February 6, 1885 in New York City - ?), siblings were

Underground Press Syndicate

Walter Bowart and John Wilcock of EVO, with Michael Kindman of The Paper in East Lansing, Michigan, took the lead in inviting the other papers to join.

Willie Thrower

He would remain in East Lansing from 1949–1952, competing for playing time at quarterback with All-Americans Al Dorow and Tom Yewcic.

WJIM

WJIM-FM, a radio station (97.5 FM) licensed to Lansing, Michigan, United States

WJXQ

The TM format was maintained until 1981, when the station moved its tower and transmitter location from Jackson (also the station's then-city of license) to a location four miles east-north-east of the town of Springport in the northwestern part of Jackson County and increased power from 20,000 watts to 50,000 watts in preparation to invade the Lansing market with a brand new format.

WKAR

WKAR-FM, a radio station (90.5 FM) licensed to East Lansing, Michigan, United States

WKAR-TV, a television station (channel 40 digital) licensed to East Lansing, Michigan, United States