Albion, Michigan – General Guide to Arts and Trails
Art, Outdoors, & Community
Superior Street in Albion Michigan is looking good after a brick replacement process that lasted through the summers of 2017 and 2018. The bricks and new businesses will be ready for the Festival of the Forks, the weekend of September 22, 2018.
Work is progressing on the Superior Street (second) rebricking project that spans from 2017-2018. The construction has not stopped visitors from coming to Albion to enjoy the food and beverages at Albion Malleable Brewing Company on the left of this photo by aerial photographer Kent Davis. On the right is Homestead Savings Bank. In the distance on the left Parks Pharmacy can be seen, the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in the next block and Cascarelli’s The bricks are actually now up to Erie St as of August 15, 2018. This photo was taken one week prior. We’ll get another shot once the bricks are complete.
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Take a tour of Albion Malleable Brewing Company by clicking the image below.
Downtown Albion is continuing to change as this photo dated 2/27/18 showing three new projects shows. This view of the 400 block of South Superior Street shows Albion Malleable Brewing Company building on the left. The reconstruction on the building is still underway with the opening later in the spring. At the end of the same block on the left is the Peabody Building which is also being renovated. There will be a bakery next door.
Further down is Parks Drug Store, and the next block shows the new Courtyard by Marriott Hotel that will be opening in March. We’ll post some photos of the inside soon. There is a golden building in the next block which is Cascarelli’s of Albion, just under the water tower. There is also some talk of the Albion Water Tower being repainted in the near future. The new brick streets look good from this altitude, but have not held up well under the wet weather of this past winter. There was an article written about the brick project in the Albion College student newspaper, The Pleiad that you can access here.
Opening day is coming soon for the Albion Malleable Brewing company. See them on Facebook by clicking here
See a tour of the downtown Albion hotel here:
Thanks to the Courtyard by Marriott, Albion hotel for sponsoring General Guide XXIX. People are curious as to the opening date.
Jan. 31, 2018 “At this time, we our looking to open towards the end of February. We can’t give a definite date at this time, but we can tell you that we are able to sell rooms for dates of March 9 and beyond.
You can make reservations by calling the reservations hotline, 1 (888) 236-2427, or by going to www.marriott.com/jxnab.”
Visit the CourtyardAlbion facebook page for more information!
Check out downtown Albion’s new brick street and new displays of local artists showcased in many front windows. Also, be on the lookout for more stores “popping up” like the Green Scene next door to Stirling Books & Brew, open from November 15th through the holiday season.
Downtown Albion has a new look with the Courtyard by Marriott hotel that is taking shape. Here we can see the bike lanes, the wider sidewalks, and Kids ‘N’ Stuff. In the distance we see Cascarelli’s, the water tower, Ludington Center, the Coca Cola mural, and the Bohm Theatre.
This year the Festival was not on the brick Superior Street, but in true Albion style we adapted to the situation and made it work. These aerial photos show a different perspective of where most of the activities were.
Albion College is a private liberal arts college located in Albion, Michigan. Affiliated with the United Methodist Church, it was founded in 1835 and was the first private college in Michigan to have a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Its student population during the 2013-14 academic year was approx. 1,350.
The College’s athletic teams are nicknamed the Britons and their colors are purple and gold. They participate in NCAA Division III and the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA).
Albion College is a member of the Great Lakes Colleges Association and the Michigan Campus Compact, an organization dedicated to encouraging student volunteerism.
As of 2013, Albion College was ranked No. 100 in the U.S. News & World Report list of national liberal arts colleges, and 115th in the Forbes list of America’s Top Colleges, which includes universities as well as colleges. U.S. News also includes a high school counselor ranking, in which Albion placed 85th among national liberal arts colleges.
source: wikipedia
Visit the Albion College website.
Thank you to Albion College for being a sponsor of the General Guide.
Including the Back to School Issues for Sept 2017, Sept 2016
This is how the Superior Street renovation looked in the third week of August 2017. The bricks were not yet up to the Bohm Theatre and Cascarelli’s. It was a long summer for merchants, but the excitement is building for the new look for Albion downtown in the Fall of 2017. The question on many people’s minds is – will the bricks be done enough to have the Festival of the Forks (3rd weekend of September) on Superior Street – or will the Festival need to be more towards Stoffer Plaza or Rieger Park?? We did hear there might be a Cruise in on the bricks at least, the Friday of the Festival on September 15. This is not the official news! We also heard that it is hoped the bricks will be done for the Festival, and the new micro brewery will be open but no beer there.
The wonderful brick streets of Albion Michigan are beautiful from the ground, and more so from the sky. But the upkeep of these brick streets is difficult when the work needs to be done. The summer of 2017 was one of those years.