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The railroad, and the easy accessibility of transportation, led to a rapid growth of the region north of Grand Rapids and commercial and industrial development in Heartside. By 1900, Heartside was heavily built up with wholesale and manufacturing buildings, as well as stores and apartment buildings, hotels, and a new Union Depot. [4]
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Road Map of Kent County, Michigan (Map) ... title= Road Map of Kent County, Michigan |location= Grand Rapids, MI |publisher= Kent County Road Commission |scale= 1 in ...
Heritage Hill is adjacent to downtown Grand Rapids and is the city's oldest residential district. Its 1,300 homes date from 1843 and represent Michigan's largest and finest concentration of nineteenth and early twentieth-century houses. Nearly every style of American architecture, from Greek Revival to Prairie is represented.
Grand Rapids Charter Township is a charter township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 18,905 at the 2020 census. [2] The township is bordered by Grand Rapids to the west and East Grand Rapids to the southwest, but the township is administered autonomously.
Business US Highway 131 (Bus.US 131) is a three-mile-long (4.8 km) business loop running through downtown Three Rivers.It follows M-60 (Michigan Avenue) eastward from a commercial district on the main highway into downtown.
Cherry Hill was historically designated in 1994. The exteriors of homes in the district are reviewed by the Grand Rapids Historic Preservation Commission to maintain historical accuracy. Businesses within Cherry Hill include Cherry Hill Market, Donkey Taqueria, and Elk Brewing, and Cherry Park falls within the boundaries of this neighborhood.
The name "Belknap Lookout" has two separate derivations. The word Belknap comes from the surname of Charles E. Belknap.Belknap was a Grand Rapids resident who came home from the Civil War in 1871 to serve Grand Rapids as the first commissioner of the Boy Scouts of America, as mayor in 1884 and as a U.S. congressman in 1888.