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  • Collection: Grand Rapids Parks and Recreation

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The West Michigan Tourist Bureau building in Veteran's Memorial Park. Designed by Henry R. Turner and built in 1935-1936, the building was a project of the Works Progress Administration. The West Michigan Tourist Bureau leased the building from the…

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This is a photo of the Roosevelt Park fountain. The Roosevelt Park lodge can be seen in the background

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This photo is of the Roosevelt Park lodge. The lodge, built as a WPA project in 1943, was a community center for the Roosevelt Park Neighborhood.

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from the corner of Alexander and Benjamin, looking at Franklin Park which was later renamed Martin Luther King Jr. Park. The community center and pool are shown in the left foreground and in the distance the Franklin Street Standpipe can be seen.

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This photoprint shows the basketball court in Martin Luther King Jr. Park located near the corner of Alexander and Benjamin. In the background the community center and pool can be seen.

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Shown in the photoprint is the Wilcox Park Shelter. This shelter replaced an old pool house.

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A sign in front of the Belknap Park hill with information on the funds used for the park's development. Belknap Park is the largest park near the downtown area and occupies a portion of the high sand bluffs along North Division Avenue.

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An aerial view of Belknap Park's new development including Robert Morris' Project X, an earthworks sculpture. Baseball diamonds can be seen below Project X and the old Livingston Reservoir can be seen above it, encircled by a scenic road. Coit Park…

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An aerial view of Reservoir Hill prior to the Belknap Park construction project. Lookout park can be seen just beyond the Livingston Reservoir on the top of the hill.

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This photograph shows trees on a truck, about to head to the tree nursery at Aman Park that the Parks and Recreation Department maintained. An unidentified man is working on one of the trucks tires.
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