Photos De Jour - Grand Rapids and West Michigan Area

[civitas]

Those two together are great! Thanks.

[civitas]

I'd love to see pictures of Brass Works Building before the renovations if you have them civitas.

Street is under construction...

Boardwalk

Edited July 15, 2006 by civitas

[civitas]

After

Future (Only the southern 4-story portion is complete)

[GRDadof3]

Future (Only the southern 4-story portion is complete)

Devries has been holding on to those plans for a while now, hasn't he? Any idea when they're going to kick that off?

[civitas]

Devries has been holding on to those plans for a while now, hasn't he? Any idea when they're going to kick that off?

Probably not until Moch is 100% sold out.

[GRDadof3]

Probably not until Moch is 100% sold out.

Here's the Brass Works Building (Wolverine Brass Works) before and after:

Today

Housing quite a few commercial tenants.

[civitas]

Hats off to Ed DeVries for his investment in the old water plant. It looks great.

[GRDadof3]

I love the Water Filtation Plant!

From that storm last night and the incredible amount of lightning:

[Rizzo]

That storm was wicked. Anyone hear thoes three loud cracking bolts between 10 and 11pm? Yah that was lighting hitting my work -- blew out all the electronic systems. Good shots Dad.

[GRDadof3]

Any special requests, shoot me a PM.

[Michi]

This one:

[RustTown]

A photo I took back in 2003. I'm not sure where I was except that it was the near westside. If anyone could place the location that'd be great. I really like it because it was gritty; reminded me of home:

Edited July 20, 2006 by Lmichigan

[tamias6]

A photo I took back in 2003. I'm not sure where I was except that it was the near westside. If anyone could place the location that'd be great. I really like it because it was gritty; reminded me of hom:

It kinda looks Lake Michigan Dr. and Winter Ave. before the new YMCA was built. I'd love to see more infill in that area.

[AlexPKeaton]

The vacant lot in the foreground is where that 4-story apartment/retail mixed use development was proposed...and denied.

-nb

Edited July 20, 2006 by AlexPKeaton

[civitas]

I love this town. You can discover something new every day.

Anyone looking for a cheap date? You can rent a "boat" at John Ball Park for $5.00.

Put your arm around her...

Or fun with the kids.

[civitas]

Grand Valley's Business School is a real gift to downtown Grand Rapids.

What a great commitment to detail.

Design Plus has done a lot of very nice buildings, but this is the finest IMHO.

[karock1]

How do you post pictures on here? I cant seem to figure it out.

[AlexPKeaton]

Grand Valley's Business School is a real gift to downtown Grand Rapids.

What a great commitment to detail.

Design Plus has done a lot of very nice buildings, but this is the finest IMHO.

Yeah, DeVos Center is a nice building. I worked in the computer labs there for a couple years before I graduated.

And this building is a peice of crap. I lived there for 3 years. It looks reasonably nice, sure, but the construction quality is awful.

-nb

[LA Dave]

And it looks like a ripoff of my old dorm at Michigan, West Quad. Great in 1939 -- less great in 1999.

[GRguy]

Well, it was much better looking than my dorm, South Quad, across the street. Looked rather like a mental hospital.

[torgo]

I like the look of Secchia and Winter Halls, personally.

[AlexPKeaton]

I agree they LOOK nice, but that's it.

-nb

[mgman]

The downtown campus looks great from afar but I was a little disappointed with the way it was constructed on closer inspection. You can see the seams on the floor and on some of the walls. They just do not make them like they used to, real materials are just too expensive. Overall I give it a B+. The photos remind me of the long trips from the Allendale campus for a summer class where it was just the bus driver and me.

My sister lived in West Hall last year, you could not pay me to live there.

[sparky05]

Driving around last night:

[sparky05]

A couple of panoramas: