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Grand Rapids is a city in and county seat of Kent County, Michigan, United States. [ 4] At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 198,893, [ 5] making it the second-most populous city in Michigan, after Detroit. Grand Rapids is the central city of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area, which has a population of 1,162,950 and a combined ...
The city of Grand Rapids was incorporated April 2, 1850. [ 9] It was officially established on May 2, 1850, when the village of Grand Rapids voted to accept the proposed city charter. The population at the time was 2,686. By 1857, the city of Grand Rapids' area totaled 10.5 square miles (27 km 2 ).
La Grande Vitesse, a public sculpture by American artist Alexander Calder, is located on the large concrete plaza surrounding City Hall and the Kent County Building in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Popularly referred to as simply "the Calder", since its installation in 1969 it has come to be a symbol of Grand Rapids, and an abstraction ...
Amway Grand Plaza Hotel: 318 / 97: 28: 1983: Held the title as the tallest building in Grand Rapids from 1983 until 1991. [3] 4: Bridgewater Place: 272 / 83: 18: 1993: Part of Bridgewater place complex, one of two buildings. [4] 5: McKay Tower: 259 / 79: 16: 1927: Held the title as the tallest building in Grand Rapids from 1927 until 1983, the ...
The Grand Rapids City Hall was a government building located at 35 Lyon Street, NW, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969, but demolished later that year, [2] and de-listed from the register in 1970.
The Grand Rapids metropolitan area is a triangular shaped Metro Triplex, in West Michigan, which fans out westward from the primary hub city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, to the other two metro hubs of Muskegon and Holland. The metropolitan area had an estimated population of 1,059,113 in 2017. [ 3] The region, noted in particular for its western ...
Van Andel Arena is a multi-purpose arena situated in the Heartside district of Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. The arena attracted over five million patrons in its first 5 years, 1996–2001. It serves as the home of the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League and the Grand Rapids Gold of the NBA G League.
The Grand Rapids Public Schools is a public school district serving Grand Rapids, Michigan . Grand Rapids Public Schools (GRPS) is Michigan's eight largest public school district. [ 1] It is also the third-largest employer in the City of Grand Rapids. GRPS serves nearly 14,557 students with 2,700 employees, including 1,400 teachers.