Last Thursday I headed out to GR to stay at Amway Grand Plaza Hotel until Friday.  I ended up liking GR more then I thought I was going to.  I wasn't expecting it to be too much better then Ann Arbor.  It is definitely somewhere I can see myself living someday.  It has many things I want for the town I live in including museums, a river, historic architecture downtown, old houses.  I loved the how the old buildings looked when you first go down Monroe Center from Monroe Ave. and Pearl.

 

Enjoy my pics!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

^Whats with the huge empty lot?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heritage Hill Historic District

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looks like a nice city.

^Whats with the huge empty lot?

 

It's called a park  :roll:

 

 

 

 

:wink:

A park with only grass and sand huh?  I'm sure people love going there.

 

Actually I just found out that a parking deck was demolished there so that something larger could be built.

Grand Rapids has a wonderful downtown, architecturally.

Better then Detroit!

Beautiful!

 

I see alot of newer infill too.

I certainly was expecting Grand Rapids to be more like Detroit, and well it kind of is, but cleaner and less gritty, and downtown is amazingly clean and charming. That Heritage Hill neighborhood looks nice, kind of like Old West Toledo.

www.thegallerygr.com/tour.php

 

Lower portion looks familiar.