20th-Century Retailing in Downtown Grand Rapids
Business & Finance, Marketing & Sales, Retailing, Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Photography, Pictorials, Travel, History
| Author: | Michael Hauser, Marianne Weldon | ISBN: | 9781439647950 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. | Publication: | October 27, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Arcadia Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | Michael Hauser, Marianne Weldon |
| ISBN: | 9781439647950 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. |
| Publication: | October 27, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Arcadia Publishing |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
