Urban renewal -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Grand Rapids Public Library urban renewal pictorials
Collection
Identifier: Collection 118
Abstract
This collection contains approximately 160 images of downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan during a period of urban renewal. During 1979 and 1980 staff members from the Grand Rapids Public Library's Audio-Visual Department set about to visually document the urban renewal landscape. The images were photographed, and 4x5 negatives were provided. Subsequently, 8x10 photographic prints or contact prints were made from these negatives. The images depict the downtown area, buildings being...
Dates:
1979-1980
Hero D. Bratt Grand Rapids images
Collection
Identifier: Collection 372
Abstract
Hero D. Bratt (1900-1977) worked in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan during the urban renewal period in the late 1960s and early 1970s. As an amateur photographer, Bratt documented the buildings and streetscapes before the changes, as well as the demolition and new construction processes. The collection includes over 1,500 color slides, each converted into a print. Because of the comprehensiveness and quality of the images, they are an invaluable record of modern change in downtown Grand...
Dates:
1961-1973, no date
Kenneth C. Welch architecture and design collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 151
Abstract
Kenneth C. Welch was an architect and city planner in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Included in the collection are magazines, magazine articles, brochures and manuscripts dealing with architecture; photographs primarily of the buildings designed by Welch; and correspondence and information about specific projects on which Welch was working. There are also sketches, calculations and cost estimates of his projects; as well as manuscripts that Welch wrote on architectural topics. Also contains...
Dates:
1944-1984
Marius Rooks old City Hall images
Collection
Identifier: Collection 231
Abstract
Marius Rooks was a commercial photographer in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This collection contains 25 color images of the interior of the 1888 City Hall building in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The images were taken shortly before its destruction during urban renewal in 1969. Also included are photographs of the circa 1885 architectural drawings by the architect, E.E. Myers (see collection 222 for the blueprints). The demolition of this building, near the end of the urban renewal phase in...
Dates:
1969
Michigan Department of Transportation photographs
Collection
Identifier: Collection 177
Abstract
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) photograph collection contains photographs of buildings in Grand Rapids, Michigan shortly before they were demolished for the construction of US 131 and I 196 expressways (1960-1962). This is only a sampling of the buildings that were razed, not a complete documentation. The images in the collection are copies taken from original negatives held by the Michigan Department of Transportation. Accompanying the images are photocopies of maps which...
Dates:
1960-1962
Robert G. Nelson Grand Rapids and Michigan history collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 363
Abstract
This collection reflects Robert G. Nelson's knowledge and interests in the local and regional history of the greater Grand Rapids and Kent County, Michigan area. The collection includes material related to the Nelson family and to Nelson's work as a graphic designer and printer, including his time at Meijer. Also included are ephemera, photographs and printed material for a wide variety of topics and organizations, including, but not limited to, urban renewal, churches, local periodicals,...
Dates:
circa 1850s-2000s
Tieri Slide Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 406
Abstract
The Tieri Slide Collection consists of 380 slides of mainly Grand Rapids scenes and events during the 1950's-1970's.
Dates:
1955 - 1975
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
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Tieri Slide Collection
William A. Seeley Grand Rapids and Michigan graphics collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 222
Dates:
circa 1967-1986
William F. Drueke photographs
Collection
Identifier: Collection 212
Abstract
William F. Drueke, Jr. (1912-2000) was a Grand Rapids, Michigan businessman. He headed the family business, the Drueke Game Company. This collection contains photographs he took of various scenes in Grand Rapids from 1958 to 1979. The images depict urban renewal, including demolition of buildings. A large portion of the collection documents the construction of Interstate 96 through Grand Rapids. Also shown are many scenes of downtown Grand Rapids and the Grand River, including building...
Dates:
1958-1996