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Urban researcher and economist R. W. Archer credited the Baltimore Regional Planning Council (BRPC) for coining the term "metrotown" in 1962. [8] The BRPC envisioned metrotowns as "cohesive urban developments... deployed radially and in a series of rings around the City of Baltimore", each accommodating 100,000 to 200,000 people and at greater densities than what was then common in suburban areas.
The Ledyard Block Historic District is a group of seven adjacent, coherently designed, nineteenth century commercial structures located within a square block at 123-145 Ottawa Avenue and 104-124 Monroe Center, NW, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The group of buildings was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]
November 24, 2020 (470 Market Ave. SW: Grand Rapids: 6: American Seating Company Factory Complex: American Seating Company Factory Complex: July 25, 2003
Grand Rapids is a Dakelh community northwest of Fort St. James, British Columbia, Canada, located at the confluence of the Tachie and Kuzkwa Rivers near Trembleur Lake. [1] It is on the site of Kuz Che Indian Reserve No. 5, [2] formerly named Grand Rapide IR No. 5. [3] Nearby is Tsay Cho IR No. 5, [4] formerly named Stevan IR No. 4. [5]
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.
The city of Grand Rapids was incorporated April 2, 1850. [9] It was officially established on May 2, 1850, when the village of Grand Rapids voted to accept the proposed city charter. The population at the time was 2,686. By 1857, the city of Grand Rapids' area totaled 10.5 square miles (27 km 2). In October 1870, Grand Rapids became a desired ...
The Peck Block is a commercial building located at 34-50 Monroe Center NW in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. [ 1 ] The building has been rehabilitated to house condos on the upper floors.
Metrotown (L) and Central Park (R) from Vancouver's North Shore. Port of Vancouver in foreground.. Central Park is a 90-hectare (220-acre) urban park in Burnaby, British Columbia, founded in 1891.