Grafitti artists from as far away as Chicago are expected to be in
Lansing at the end of this month to paint the now-shuttered but once
notorious Deluxe Inn before it is demolished.
According to excerpts from the article:
By the end of August, the defunct Deluxe Inn at the southern edge of
Lansing's downtown will be rubble.
A demolition contract is close to being signed, according to
officials with the Ingham County Land Bank, which bought the property
for $400,000 in September.
But before it goes, the dilapidated motel — once a haven for
prostitutes and drug addicts — will experience a brief rebirth as an
urban art hot spot and then as a different kind of hot spot for fire
department training.
About 30 graffiti artists from the area and as far away as Chicago
and New York have been invited to use a symbol of urban rot as a canvas
to showcase urban rebirth.
The artists will be doing their thing at their own expense July 30-31
and on Aug. 1 at the former motel on South Washington Avenue.
"We want to show there is a need for public spaces for public
artists," said Joe Manzella, who works for Lansing Economic Area
Partnership Inc.
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