Comments on: Big City Fun with a Small Town Feeling – Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA http://www.bootsnall.com/articles/04-10/big-city-fun-with-a-small-town-feeling-grand-rapids-michigan-usa.html Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:24:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lou Arr http://www.bootsnall.com/articles/04-10/big-city-fun-with-a-small-town-feeling-grand-rapids-michigan-usa.html/comment-page-1#comment-1833 Lou Arr Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:23:43 +0000 #comment-1833 Overall, I liked this article. It was odd for me to read, from the perspective of a tourist, because Grand Rapids (GR) isn't really a tourist town, and since I've lived here all my life, it was neat to view my home city from an out-of-towner's viewpoint. I was a tad disappointed that some of the details in the article about the Heritage Hill Historic District of Grand Rapids (also a tax-free renaissance zone, which its residents love), seem to come directly from the heritage hill preservation and neighborhood association website (heritagehillweb.org)The first line of their homepage starts off "...1300 homes with more than 60 architectural styles represented..." It seemed the author could have been a tad more original here. Anyway, thats OK, it just made me wonder if the author really visited this city or not. If not, the article definitely still gives a great view of what to do in and around G.R. Already knowing what there is to do here, I must say, much of whats mentioned are among our most popular attractions. Also just one error - the website that is linked to in the article for Heritage Hill goes to the website of a DIFFERENT area called Heritage Hill that is in Wisconsin. This is not Grand Rapids' Heritage Hill historic district and neighborhood, but an entirely different one elsewhere. For those seeking to checkout Heritage Hill in GR on a trip here, I've noticed some Heritage Hill homes that are now open to the public serve various functions, from apartments, to bed and breakfasts and motels, to even museums and tour homes. Some homes have their own individual websites with photos, etc. One that I know of and have seen listed on craigslist is the leonard at logan house - I believe its near the intersection of Leonard Street (a main drag in downtown GR) and Logan Ave, another street. Not positive on the website address, but it may be leonardatlogan.com or leonardatloganhouse.com Nice article overall. :) Overall, I liked this article. It was odd for me to read, from the perspective of a tourist, because Grand Rapids (GR) isn’t really a tourist town, and since I’ve lived here all my life, it was neat to view my home city from an out-of-towner’s viewpoint. I was a tad disappointed that some of the details in the article about the Heritage Hill Historic District of Grand Rapids (also a tax-free renaissance zone, which its residents love), seem to come directly from the heritage hill preservation and neighborhood association website (heritagehillweb.org)The first line of their homepage starts off “…1300 homes with more than 60 architectural styles represented…” It seemed the author could have been a tad more original here. Anyway, thats OK, it just made me wonder if the author really visited this city or not. If not, the article definitely still gives a great view of what to do in and around G.R. Already knowing what there is to do here, I must say, much of whats mentioned are among our most popular attractions. Also just one error – the website that is linked to in the article for Heritage Hill goes to the website of a DIFFERENT area called Heritage Hill that is in Wisconsin. This is not Grand Rapids’ Heritage Hill historic district and neighborhood, but an entirely different one elsewhere. For those seeking to checkout Heritage Hill in GR on a trip here, I’ve noticed some Heritage Hill homes that are now open to the public serve various functions, from apartments, to bed and breakfasts and motels, to even museums and tour homes. Some homes have their own individual websites with photos, etc. One that I know of and have seen listed on craigslist is the leonard at logan house – I believe its near the intersection of Leonard Street (a main drag in downtown GR) and Logan Ave, another street. Not positive on the website address, but it may be leonardatlogan.com or leonardatloganhouse.com

Nice article overall. :)

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