PORTAGE, MI — Heavy wind carried pieces of a historic metal shelter across Portage Road late Thursday, May 15.
Pieces of the overhang — once part of a drive-in restaurant at 9138 Portage Road — were loaded into a dump truck on the other side of Portage Road Friday morning.
The city of Portage bought the lake-facing West Lake Drive-In property in 2023, Kalamazoo Gazette reported previously. While the rest of the drive-in was removed, the overhang was kept in place as part of a new greenspace.
The overhang shaded park benches facing West Lake, near Cove Lakeside Bistro in the city’s Lake Center District…