zenstyle 3 Report post Posted April 5, 2009 I was in Literary Life on Friday (they are the coolest people with the coolest shop) and as I was going in I noticed the utterly un-marked dull-purple storefront (?) next door. I asked the L.L. people about it and they emitted a collective sigh... It seems the "owner" is sitting on the place and won't let any constructive thing happen with/to it. The Powers That Be have to keep on him just to keep the front of the place picked up and cleared of snow in bad weather. There's no address on the place, so I couldn't sleuth it; at least not to the extent that the experts here can. So...what's with this mystery place? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GR_Urbanist 506 Report post Posted April 5, 2009 Property troll looking for someone dumb enough to pay him $900,000.00 for it. Way too many of these clowns on Wealthy St.. Especially on that section. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nurfle! 0 Report post Posted April 5, 2009 Viget's great when you're looking for things around this area. Photo of Literary Life, labeled summer 1971. Note the building next to it was a grocer/butcher shop. Contemporary (looks earlier) partial photo of the building in question (756 Wealthy). Can't read the first word, but Lugers is a dutch name (natch). My Dad grew up not terribly far from this corner (Temple St.), so I'll ask him if he knows anything next I see him. Here's a photo of 750 which is labeled "1970's" that shows it looking long-boarded up (didn't it look sorta similar until pretty recently?). Looks closed in the first photo (see the sign damage), so it must've closed circa 1968-72. Edit: are those barrels of apples in the front window? That is so awesome! Edit 2: whoops, fixed linky #1 to the address I intended. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GRDadof3 2266 Report post Posted April 5, 2009 I believe this is it: 756 Wealthy SE PP# 411431229006 Lawrence De Liefde 447 Greenbrier Dr SE Assessed value $26,700 Sales history shows nothing, so he's owned it for some time (not sure how far accesskent.com records go back). The parcel also looks like it includes the little tiny area behind Literary Life on Eastern: http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&...1&encType=1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nurfle! 0 Report post Posted April 5, 2009 On second blush I'm pretty sure the sign reads DeVries (of course!) and Lugers. Nothing about them on the Google. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raildudes dad 19 Report post Posted April 5, 2009 I believe this is it: 756 Wealthy SE PP# 411431229006 Lawrence De Liefde 447 Greenbrier Dr SE Assessed value $26,700 Sales history shows nothing, so he's owned it for some time (not sure how far accesskent.com records go back). The parcel also looks like it includes the little tiny area behind Literary Life on Eastern: http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&...1&encType=1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twoshort 9 Report post Posted April 6, 2009 That's an old address (he sold it in 2003) LAWRENCE W DELIEFDE 9495 CATALPA AVE NEWAYGO, MI 49337-9256 Also owns 3113 Plaza Dr NE, which might make him the owner of hubba tubba. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nitro 3 Report post Posted April 7, 2009 That's an old address (he sold it in 2003) LAWRENCE W DELIEFDE 9495 CATALPA AVE NEWAYGO, MI 49337-9256 Also owns 3113 Plaza Dr NE, which might make him the owner of hubba tubba. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
