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Posted by Pete
on 10/30/2009, 11:29 pm, in reply to "Re: PM in East Grand Rapids and Questions!"
69.214.14.170
Here is a 1960 aerial of the Kzoo/Boston area. It looks like the ROW and maybe the track go all the way to Giddings. I am pretty sure the first time I saw it it ended at Calvin, a couple of blocks west. You can see Standard Lumber's two matching buildings. I believe the lumber company to the north of them is Oakdale Lumber. The lumber storage buildings on the north east side of Kzoo and Ramona are visible, I think that is the one I saw burn in the late 70s or early 80s. North of Modern Hardware you can see what I believe was a new Plumbs grocery store that is now the Standard Kitchen showroom. The brick company is still there on the northeast side of Fuller/Ramona.
http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/67145/Page+6+++11+++5+++Paris+Township+++Grand+Rapids++Sec++5+++Aerial+Index+Map/Kent+County+1960+Vol+1+Grand+Rapids/Michigan
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