Americans are hungry for good news from their cities, and here's a heartening example from the heartland, with mouth-wateringly beautiful photographs to pull you in. Almost Lost, Building and Preserving Heritage Hill, Grand Rapids, Michigan begins like a suspense novel, with the startling declaration, We almost lost it. Turn to a full-page, black-and-white photograph of wrecking cranes demolishing the 1888 Romanesque Revival, Grand Rapids City Hall. That image clearly demonstrates what was at stake when well-meaning urban ...
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Americans are hungry for good news from their cities, and here's a heartening example from the heartland, with mouth-wateringly beautiful photographs to pull you in. Almost Lost, Building and Preserving Heritage Hill, Grand Rapids, Michigan begins like a suspense novel, with the startling declaration, We almost lost it. Turn to a full-page, black-and-white photograph of wrecking cranes demolishing the 1888 Romanesque Revival, Grand Rapids City Hall. That image clearly demonstrates what was at stake when well-meaning urban renewal projects threatened the old houses on Heritage Hill. Thanks to local advocacy groups and government recognition, Heritage Hill Historic District is saved -- for all kinds of residents. Variety is a keynote sounded throughout the story, from diversity of architectural styles, home cost and scale, to diversity of residential population. Author Thomas Logan identifies and discusses 15 major architectural styles found on Heritage Hill.
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Fine in New dust jacket. 0966531671. Small square quarto hardcover, very tight, very bright pages, fresh and unmarked, the covers unworn else AS NEW in AS NEW DJ. In 1960s the Heritage Hill neighborhood was close to being razed, but was stopped. Story of the revival. Frontis is a lithographic depiction of the city in late 1900s in glorious color, throughout there are photos and a bird's-eye view of Heritage Hill circa 1900. Filled with architectural styles: Builder Vernacular, Bungalow, Chateauesque, Craftsman, Dutch colonial, Eastlake, Georgian Revival, Gothic, Greek, Italianate, Prairie, Queen Ann, Shingle, Tudor revival. A glorious book; 10.6 X 9.1 X 0.8 inches.
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