GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The are many parallels between the city's response to the 1918 influenza epidemic and how we are currently handling the COVID-19 pandemic. By the end of 1918, over 2,500 of the ...
One planned demolition and rebuild -- which served as the spark for a historic home preservation movement in East Grand Rapids -- won't be happening after all. Owners who planned to tear down and ...