Here is a fun blast from the past of Grand Rapids and see what part of the city was, and what it is today. We all know progress moves on, and as Grand Rapids continues to grow and develop, old neighborhoods of the city keep reinventing themselves.
Fingers was founded in 1946 by Paul and Helen Finger on Plainfield, and it became the place to go for great family-style chicken dinners. Yum! I'm beginning to drool!
A couple of weeks ago I posted some film of old Ramona Park, Reeds Lake in East Grand Rapids, from 1946. Well, let's go back there again, this time to downtown Grand Rapids.
Reed's Lake is just one of the many gems in the Grand Rapids area that makes living here so special. "Back in the day," it was really something special. People from all over would flock to the lake.
Located in East Grand Rapids, we know Reed's Lake today as the home of Roses Restaurant, part of the Gilmore Collection, municipal buildings, a bustling East Grand Rapids downtown, the East G