{"id":1597,"date":"2024-04-26T20:11:48","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T20:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/?p=1597"},"modified":"2024-04-26T20:11:48","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T20:11:48","slug":"hillcrest-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/hillcrest-village\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillcrest Village Apartments, 540 Glenmoor Rd. (1937)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hillcrest-village.med_.jpg?resize=400%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hillcrest-village.med_.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hillcrest-village.med_.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hillcrest Village Apartments, Phase I. July\u00a02004. Photo by Kevin S. Forsyth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Significant as the first multiple-building apartment complex within East Lansing (the site was annexed to the city in the same year as its construction), Hillcrest Village was built in two phases as a collection of tidy, red-brick, Colonial Revival row houses. The site\u2019s arrangement, contrary to most apartment complexes\u2019 broad parking lots and anonymous entryways, lends a welcoming neighborhood feel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In 2004, Hillcrest Village\u2019s quaint character was threatened: the current owners claimed that the apartments\u2019 maintenance was costly due to advancing age, and that they lacked modern amenities such as central air conditioning and dishwashers. The owners filed a request for rezoning that would have allowed redevelopment of the site with four eight-to-ten-story high rises. In the face of neighbors\u2019 objections and the site\u2019s historic designation (though these were not cited as direct causes) the owners withdrew the rezoning petition, yet were said to be \u201cexploring other options.\u201d<sup data-fn=\"11fc2764-8441-4871-a12d-c5b99161a40b\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#11fc2764-8441-4871-a12d-c5b99161a40b\" id=\"11fc2764-8441-4871-a12d-c5b99161a40b-link\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-footnotes\"><li id=\"11fc2764-8441-4871-a12d-c5b99161a40b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/sources\/#LSJ\">LSJ<\/a>, 21\u00a0Sep\u00a02004. <a href=\"#11fc2764-8441-4871-a12d-c5b99161a40b-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 1\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Significant as the first multiple-building apartment complex within East Lansing (the site was annexed to the city in the same year as its construction), Hillcrest Village was built in two phases as a collection of tidy, red-brick, Colonial Revival row houses. The site\u2019s arrangement, contrary to most apartment complexes\u2019 broad parking lots and anonymous entryways, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"[{\"content\":\"<a href=\\\"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/sources\/#LSJ\\\">LSJ<\/a>, 21\u00a0Sep\u00a02004.\",\"id\":\"11fc2764-8441-4871-a12d-c5b99161a40b\"}]"},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-significant-structures"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1597"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1601,"href":"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1597\/revisions\/1601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}