Events
The Restoration Boom: Preservation & Change in 1980s Grand Rapids
Date and Time
Friday, October 29, 2021 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
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Location
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Description
The 1980s kicked off a transformation and revitalization of downtown Grand Rapids, motivating historic building restoration and inspiring new construction. A combination of urban reinvestment and a growing interest in historic restoration changed the city's landscape and helped restore many older buildings to their historic state.
Pamela VanderPloeg, architectural historian, educator, and administrator of ArchitectureGrandRapids.org, will share buildings' stories from this era. This will include many photographs and primary research materials to help illustrate the changes the 1980s brought to Grand Rapids.
This event also appears on the main events calendar tagged as architecture, history, kutsche, local, preservation, and webinar.
Information
For more information, please visit: http://gvsu-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Tg9cVaDVSaKV21hgoH18nA
Contact
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Kutsche Office of Local History
[email protected] | 616-331-8099 | gvsu.edu/kutsche