20th-Century Retailing in Downtown Grand Rapids - Hardcover
20th-Century Retailing in Downtown Grand Rapids - Hardcover
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by Michael Hauser (Author), Marianne Weldon (Author)
For decades, downtown Grand Rapids enjoyed a long run in the limelight as the epicenter of shopping in western Michigan. The vibrant Monroe Avenue corridor included three homegrown department stores, several chain department stores, five-and-dime stores, and scores of clothing and specialty retailers. It weathered mother nature, wars, the Great Depression, the advent of neighborhood shopping centers, and civil disturbances--but the one change it could not overcome was the regional shopping mall.