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As much as I would love to see a rail route, the Rapid could certainly be more useful to airport travelers if:
- they had a route that traveled continuously from downtown to the airport. The current situation of having to transfer at Woodland Mall is a pain.
- said route also operated in line with the times that flights depart and arrive, including weekends.
So many people are forced to taxi/uber/lyft etc. because the bus can't get them to the airport when they need to be there..
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This is not the entire story, but I think this played into it:
I seem to remember that Meijer had initially planned to build a store a mile south on property they owned in Grand Rapids Twp. The township would not allow them to build the store on that site, so they built a store one mile north instead, on property within the city limits of Grand Rapids. I don't recall if the property had already been annexed prior to the plans for the store, or if it was part of the process to develop the land. The Grand Rapids Township property was eventually developed as Frederick Meijer Gardens.-
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Is this the old Dexter Lock site?
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1 hour ago, joeDowntown said:
Surprised they ripped the building down though.
I wonder if the structure was torn down to improve the visibility from 28th Street.
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The houses are within the boundaries of the Heritage Hill Historic District. Are they not protected?
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The new airline is probably good news for people wanting to fly to Milwaukee (just my guess). The expansion is the bigger news, IMO.
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23 hours ago, walker said:
OK, here is the other infill project. This one is at the corner of 36th and Burlingame. It used to be an elementary school. I think it was called West Elementary.
It was actually East Elementary (formerly East Newhall School). My sixth grade classroom was in the basement.
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4 hours ago, Sparty97 said:
This is cool. Where did you find this? Are there more?
My dad worked for the architect. I know I have a similar publication from when Woodland Mall was new buried in storage.
I thought it was interesting that the MichCon building was originally powered with 100% natural gas. Wonder how long that lasted.
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For anyone interested in the history of the building, here's a scan of the brochure given to new tenants when the building opened.
The photo on the second to last page is an interesting view of the urban renewal..
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Another 'take with a grain of salt' ranking.
https://magazine.realtor/daily-news/2019/01/14/7-safest-most-affordable-cities-in-america
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4 hours ago, Raildude's dad said:
I think "De Rivier Ruikt Vies" has a nice ring to it
"Vies" doesn't translate well though..
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Looks like La Grave Avenue.
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On 4/24/2018 at 12:03 PM, walker said:
If my math is correct we are coming up to the fiftieth anniversary of the first scheduled jet service to GRR. On April 28, 1968 United began 737 jet service using a new 737 from Chicago O’Hare. The same day North Central Airlines began DC-9 jet service from Detroit. The fact that both airlines picked the same day was not a coincidence or some kind of marketing ploy. Back then, when airlines operated using mostly paper instead of computers and before deregulation, schedules and fares were not fluid like now. All airlines published fixed schedules twice a year that were effective with the semi-annual time changes. April 28, 1968 was the Sunday that year when daylight savings time went into effect.
Of greater historic note: that flight from Chicago was also the first scheduled 737 service, or revenue service as the airline industry calls it, in North America. Lufthansa had started flying an earlier shorter version of the 737 in Europe in February. The 737 has gone on to be the most produced jet airliner in the world by far and it’s still in production. There ought to be an historic marker at the airport, preferably in what is now concourse A around gate A2 (that’s about where United had its two gates when the concourse was ground level, made of cinder block, and you walked out to your plane.)
Here's a newspaper clipping about this..
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Bloomberg article sites a Federal Housing Finance Agency report that Grand Rapids had the largest gain in home prices.
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4 hours ago, joeDowntown said:
Does anyone know what the curved brick building was? I assume it's gone.
Joe
I believe it was the Vinkemulder Building.
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Random downtown pics, circa 1980s and 90s.
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As promised, here are pictures I took in the mid 80's during the 'skinning' of the former Helmer Building. I know I posted some of these years ago, but this is my full collection.
I found some other interesting shots of downtown form the 80s and 90s, but I'll post them in the appropriate thread..
Sadly, the FotoMat damaged some of the film before processing the prints..
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I think I have more of the 'before' pictures that I can post. I'll have to dig though storage to find them, but I have a better scanner now..
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2 hours ago, arcturus said:
What was put up there?
WOOD TV studios, all of the medical buildings along State Street and Cherry Street, the old Kent Skills Center, multiple nondescript apartment buildings, to name a few..
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never mind. just a glitch.
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The way I read the article, the housing example was property in Grand Rapids, but the tech employee in the story moved to the place one hour south..
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Are the "rowhouses" that were behind it also gone?
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That was the 'remodeled' Mays of Michigan store.