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Yesterdog was founded in 1976 in Eastown by Bill Lewis. [1] By 2008, Bill Lewis, a former Mr. Fables employee, apparently owns the Mr. Fables trademark and would be allowed access to the Mr. Fables secret recipes if he wished to restart the Mr. Fables restaurant. [4]
Mr. Fables, a DBA of Grand Rapids Innkeepers Management, Inc., was a chain of cafeteria-style family restaurants located throughout Western Michigan. Two cousins formed the chain after taking over the Kewpee Beefburger stand from, dad and uncle, Gerald Boyles. The name "Fables" was the result of putting together the last names of the two ...
[20] In the Grand Rapids area, Alpine Avenue was originally constructed as a plank road. These roads were at least 8 feet (2.4 m) wide covered with wood planks 3 inches (76 mm) thick. [21] A portion of M-37 follows the route of the Muskegon, Grand Traverse and Northport State Road, which was later renamed the Newaygo and Northport State Road.
Shops at CenterPoint is an open air strip mall located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. It opened in 1967 as Eastbrook Mall (an enclosed mall), a year before the larger Woodland Mall opened across the street. Throughout 2012 and 2013, the center underwent renovation tearing off half of the mall to become an outdoor shopping mall ...
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Paddock Place is a 17,000 square foot structure with 17 rooms. [4] The original house, constructed in 1873, is a two-story, brick veneer, Italianate structure. In 1910 and 1914, a third story with a tile roof was added, and the house was otherwise enlarged and remodeled.
Amtrak revived the name for a new Grand Rapids–Chicago service on August 5, 1984, [7] with financial support from the state of Michigan. [8] Initially it served Chicago, Hammond–Whiting, New Buffalo, St. Joseph, Bangor, Holland and Grand Rapids. Service at Hammond–Whiting ended April 29, 2001 (although the Wolverine still stops there ...
An 1868 pictorial map of Grand Rapids. By 1838, the settlement incorporated as a village, and encompassed approximately .75 square miles (1.9 km 2). [18] An outcropping of gypsum, where Plaster Creek enters the Grand River, was known to the Native American inhabitants of the area. Pioneer geologist Douglass Houghton commented on this find in 1838.