Bibliograph

20th century retailing in downtown Grand Rapids, Michael Hauser and Marianne Weldon

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Label

20th century retailing in downtown Grand Rapids, Michael Hauser and Marianne Weldon

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

20th century retailing in downtown Grand Rapids

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Michael Hauser and Marianne Weldon

Series statement

Images of America

Summary

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

Target audience

adult

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Twentieth century retailing in downtown Grand Rapids

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