Photos De Jour - Grand Rapids and West Michigan Area

[GRDadof3]

Thanks for the great shots.

What's the large open area north of the river and south of Wealthy?

Ariel shot of the area here: http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&...1&encType=1

Old Butterworth landfill site, now capped.

[fotoman311]

Thanks for the great shots.

What's the large open area north of the river and south of Wealthy?

Ariel shot of the area here: http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&...1&encType=1

GRDad beat me to it, but here's a link to a short, not very informative thread. hehe.

http://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/Empty-Fi...rworth+landfill

Here's the Viget (a Grand Rapids wiki) entry: http://www.viget.org/Butterworth_Landfill

Edit: Here's another link to a Superfund .pdf file: http://epa.gov/superfund/programs/recycle/...butterworth.pdf

Edited October 24, 2008 by fotoman311

[e49418]

Thanks for the info guys. I was afraid that was a former landfill. Nice piece of property - other than the neighbors across the river.

GRDad beat me to it, but here's a link to a short, not very informative thread. hehe.

http://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/Empty-Fi...rworth+landfill

Here's the Viget (a Grand Rapids wiki) entry: http://www.viget.org/Butterworth_Landfill

[GRDadof3]

One last skyline for the year before the leaves fall:

[GRCentro]

Nice. Remember when everyone on here used to add the JW and Riverhouse to skyline shots with MS Paint?

[GRDadof3]

Nice. Remember when everyone on here used to add the JW and Riverhouse to skyline shots with MS Paint?

Yes. I went completely crazy with this one a few years ago:

[pr sc]

One last skyline for the year before the leaves fall:

Thanks, Dad - beautiful!

[LA Dave]

Spectacular picture, using the tower motif and picking up Fountain Street Church's bell tower in the far distance.

Beautiful new entrance to the Fitzgerald:

Medical Mile:

That Medical Mile shot absolutely floored me. If I were not a regular denizen of this board, and someone happened to put that picture in front of me and ask where it was taken, I would have absolutely no idea. The changes in this part of GR are astounding. It makes the urban renewal efforts of the 1960s look like a little minor renovation.

[Quercus]

A few night shots:

[fotoman311]

From Richmond 2.0 Kisscross race, 11/16/08, Richmond Park. These photos are from the A Race, which is the fastest class. They did 8 laps around a ~1.2-1.5 mile course around the park.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotoman311/30...57609253430686/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotoman311/30...57609253430686/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotoman311/30...57609253430686/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotoman311/3043653398/

[coolbrezze]

Grand Rapids, what a city.

[Quercus]

Monroe Center and Ottawa Avenue:

[d8alterego]

I like how after a hundred years or so, that street scene looks about the same. Just wish there were more street shoppers though.

[ArsEcclesiae]

I like how after a hundred years or so, that street scene looks about the same. Just wish there were more street shoppers though.

I love the colors too, such diversity! Oh, and I am so Thankful to Louis Campau for giving us the interesting street grid downtown. I know it can be a little crazy and annoying, but look at the character it gives the city with this shot of the winding road.

[fotoman311]

I like how after a hundred years or so, that street scene looks about the same. Just wish there were more street shoppers though.

Wonder what this will look like in 100 years.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/grnow/382061878/

[d8alterego]

I get the feeling that 28th street won't have the same "wow" factor.

Wonder what this will look like in 100 years.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/grnow/382061878/

[Khorasaurus]

I love the colors too, such diversity! Oh, and I am so Thankful to Louis Campau for giving us the interesting street grid downtown. I know it can be a little crazy and annoying, but look at the character it gives the city with this shot of the winding road.

In that shot, you can see really well how the block between Pearl and Lyon is crooked because that's where they pushed it through to connect then-Justice Street to Ottawa. Originally they were seperate (I think because of disagreements between Campau and Lucious Lyon.)

[somewhereingr]

Shot of GR from high above.

[John E]

I have some new pictures in the December 2008 album set of my Flickr Photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/johne777/sets...57611025616298/

Here is a shot of the 38 Commerce property with the ground smoothed out:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/johne777/3105...57611025616298/

~John

[Avocado]

The focus isn't great on these, but here are a couple of shots from last week:

[d8alterego]

That is beautiful. I really love that corner of Monroe Center and Ottawa.

[coolbrezze]

Nice pictures

[OneSweetWorld]

The focus isn't great on these, but here are a couple of shots from last week:

Do you (or anyone else) have any (better) pictures of the tree in front of the GRAM? I haven't been able to make it down there this season and probably won't get a chance to

Awesome shots by the way!

Edited December 23, 2008 by the_grand_raggidy

[fotoman311]

Do you (or anyone else) have any (better) pictures of the tree in front of the GRAM? I haven't been able to make it down there this season and probably won't get a chance to

Awesome shots by the way!

There are a number of them in the GR Flickr group ( http://www.flickr.com/groups/grandrapidsmi/pool/ ), but you have to go back through the last 15-20 pages to find them. They're pretty easy to pick out though. Here are a couple:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/starwars/3119...l-grandrapidsmi

http://www.flickr.com/photos/starwars/3119...l-grandrapidsmi

http://www.flickr.com/photos/starwars/3097...l-grandrapidsmi (first one, with color)

There's also a pretty good Brian Kelly shot on the Rapid Growth banner right now ( http://www.rapidgrowthmedia.com/ )

Edited December 23, 2008 by fotoman311

[Avocado]

I didn't get any usable tree pictures during that walk. Foggy glasses and frozen camera were working against me. Also, the tree itself looked a bit askew when I wandered by.

Here's one more from the blurry/wintry-mix file: