Architecture of Downtown Grand Rapids Walking Tour

Architecture of Downtown Grand Rapids…Part One

We invent cities.  We create streets and we construct buildings. Whether the structures are historic, brand new, a combination of both, or a glimpse into our future, they provide a creative portrayal of our collective story of our “place”, our built environment.  No one architectural style is more important than another…they are all invaluable pages in our city’s scrapbook.  Each building tells a story as we physically move through time.  Part One includes buildings prior to Urban Renewal.