Photos De Jour - Grand Rapids and West Michigan Area

[torgo]

I drove by McFaddens, Black Rose and Flanigans just before 5 and there were lines out the door at all three places, each of about 20-50 people. Crazy!

[grrwymg]

I think there was something like 110 people through the door at McFadden's by 7:10am. Craziness.

Craziness indeed. Gardella's and Tapps didn't have lines in the afternoon. McF's and Black Rose surely did however.

Sorry PBJ - couldn't justify waiting in the cold to get inside. Stupid Yanska forgot to get your cell #. We ended up @ Elbow Room after the Griffin's game.

[GRDadof3]

For you photography buffs, RapidGrowthMedia is hosting an open house and photography exhibition at the Photography Room at 15 Ionia, tomorrow night (Thursday the 22nd).

http://www.rapidgrowthmedia.com/features/photshow.aspx

[Veloise]

St Patrick's Day Parade:

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That marching band has a severe lack of low brass players. I fell in next to the trombones in the back row and played tuba for them. (It was either Irish washerwoman or Rakes of Mallow. It was not Danny Boy.)

[GRDadof3]

Good day to be a tulip:

[GRDadof3]

Absolutely gorgeous day today. It's the busiest I've ever seen the Meijer Gardens:

Rodin!

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I took a bunch more pictures of a lot of the new areas and sculptures that I'll try and post tomorrow.

[GRDadof3]

OK, here are a few more (one-year family membership: $75, endless photo ops: priceless)

[NorthEnder]

I love the shovel GRdadof, it's my favorite thing out there!

Does anyone know what this building is, it's in hudsonville, right near i-196

[numstead]

Does anyone know what this building is, it's in hudsonville, right near i-196

Yes, it's Lamar Construction's new corporate headquarters. Designed by Integrated Architecture. Thanks for taking those photos, I've been meaning to go out there and check it out.

[NorthEnder]

Yes, it's Lamar Construction's new corporate headquarters. Designed by Integrated Architecture. Thanks for taking those photos, I've been meaning to go out there and check it out.

I'll put a few more on the flickr GR page, but their mainly the same.

I knew i saw the photos of that somewhere in the past few days, and it was haunting me! Must have been when i was at the integrated architecture office.

Thanks golscorer!

[SprinkGuy]

You should feel the cantilever shake when you get a few guys to jump up and down out at the end.

[NorthEnder]

You should feel the cantilever shake when you get a few guys to jump up and down out at the end.

Design flaw? Or just because it's empty now?

[tamias6]

That construction firm's new HQ is awesome. Wow! 20 some years of living in GR and still there are places I've never seen before. I love UP.

[GRDadof3]

Another flickr member set some of my Grand Haven pictures as their favorites, so just thought I'd share some to get you all thinking about Summer!!

Enjoy!

[chieflenny]

You should feel the cantilever shake when you get a few guys to jump up and down out at the end.

You won't feel that thing move even 1". The amount of concrete and rebar (not sure how to spell that) that went into that building is simply unreal. I have a bunch of pictures of it somewhere at work that I'll post tomorrow.

The building is located in Jamestown Township and I assessed its partial construction state last December. They are taking out the building permits in phases, and their total is nearing $2.5 million or so... They have over $500,000 just in the concrete foundation used to support the upper level.

[numstead]

You won't feel that thing move even 1". The amount of concrete and rebar (not sure how to spell that) that went into that building is simply unreal. I have a bunch of pictures of it somewhere at work that I'll post tomorrow.

The building is located in Jamestown Township and I assessed its partial construction state last December. They are taking out the building permits in phases, and their total is nearing $2.5 million or so... They have over $500,000 just in the concrete foundation used to support the upper level.

The concrete surely won't move, but steel is flexible. When you get out to the end of the cantilever (which is a steel frame, not concrete), its going to act like a springboard on a very minute scale. However, the movement won't be as noticeable once they load it up with the planned dead loads like interior walls, furniture, etc. Those will make the structure deflect to a point where it'll be much more difficult for the structure to get moving when live loads, like people walking around, are applied.

[rallymatt]

It was sunny on Monday.. The girlfriend and I walked around, and I practiced my panning skills. Check out the little video I made. Mostly from along the river:

http://mattjohnstonrally.com/matt/wkflwtest/GrSpringDay.mov

[GRDadof3]

It was sunny on Monday.. The girlfriend and I walked around, and I practiced my panning skills. Check out the little video I made. Mostly from along the river:

http://mattjohnstonrally.com/matt/wkflwtest/GrSpringDay.mov

Great video Matt.

I got some from the riverfront today:

The river's still pretty high:

[pr sc]

I miss GR -and- even more so when days go by without you all posting pics!

[highwayguy]

I recently stumbled upon this collection of photos of signs in the Grand Rapids area and found it interesting. Enjoy!

[pr sc]

Thanks, highwayguy. Is Vitale's still around?

[grrwymg]

I recently stumbled upon this collection of photos of signs in the Grand Rapids area and found it interesting. Enjoy!

Great collection, thanks for the link. I was surprised at how many I recognized.

[Nitro]

Great collection, thanks for the link. I was surprised at how many I recognized.

Two of our buildings are in that collection.

[tamias6]

A Glorious Morning at Health Hill.

[GRDadof3]

I've been meaning to get this shot again now that the hotel is basically complete. For those who did not know it, this bridge is one of two "swing bridges" on the Grand River in Grand Rapids. The portion to the right sitting on the cylinder shaped concrete support "turns" to allow boats to pass. Apparently, 4 years after it was built in 1907, the Grand River was deemed "non-navigable". The other swing bridge is near the Indian Mounds (part of the trail system).

http://www.historicbridges.org/truss/grswing/index.htm

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