Grand Rapids 1946

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Published 2017-02-09

Film of old Grand Rapids as a "nice place to live"

All Comments (21)

@judith5640 1 year ago

I was born in 1954 and I remember most of these places. I love looking back on Older Grand Rapids. The good old days. 🙂. Thank you for the great video
@davidm4160 5 years ago

Love to see the city before the freeways.
@nathansmith5331 5 years ago

Very cool to see Richmond and Lincoln park pools. Lots of memories at those places growing up.
@brucecarlson6143 1 year ago

Nice Work!!! I was born at Butterworth Hospital, in 1972. Grew up in Cutlerville. Attended School there. Graduated East Kentwood High in 1991
@tamarabamara1 7 years ago

Awesome! I'm going to show this to my 95yo grandmother when I next visit her. She'll love it.
@thomas7johns 6 years ago

This is great! Nice to see what GR looked liked when my Mom & Dad started the family. Thank you for posting!!
@TheVCRTimeMachine 1 month ago

So much has improved about Grand Rapids, but at the same time so much has been lost over time. But I guess that's how it has always been.
@MichiganPeatMoss 2 years ago

2021: At 8:40, the former Presbyterian church at Franklin and Fuller. Built in 1925. Still standing. I pass by that building almost every day since 2011. :)
@rockyzrockyx917 3 years ago

The overhead shot at the 0:56 mark shows the beginning of the Cross Bronx Expressway.
@belindagritter1572 1 year ago

Thank you for a wonderful video! I only wish my mom and dad had lived to see it. Now I have shared it with my children hoping to keep history alive. I remember all of it!
@NewHorizonsTravel 2 years ago

Awesome city . Beautiful places great Film of old Grand Rapids,Thank you
@victorlutes4723 4 years ago

Old Matress factories are nice to look at on a quiet Sunday morning, with strong winds blowing against the tall glass window seals at my upstairs house; (1984) now there are these huge buildings Grad school GVSU Presidential academics too! PEARL STREET BRIDGE YA'ALL!!
@jwitt513 6 years ago

4:34 - Still can't believe they tore down that beautiful building.
@JonathanJesse 7 years ago

This is really cool thanks for posting it
@michellegordonrealtornewag9028 7 years ago

Awesome!
@odysseusthesojourner4401 1 year ago

I Iived in GR 1991-1996 and I think about those years often.
@leighparker9109 5 years ago

Truly liked the video. :D
@shirleyellinger 1 year ago

Ahhh my home town
@hicks727 3 years ago

imagine the shit being pumped into the river back then and for 60 years before
@jfnuyen 7 years ago

This is very nice; but, too bad there was no narration or labeling of the shots. I recognize some of the areas shown, but not all unfortunately.