Kalamazoo: Then and Now


North Side of West Michigan Avenue, East from Rose to Portage, c1938

 

This photograph, taken in 1938, shows the variety of shops, cafes, and businesses that lined the north side of West Michigan Avenue from Rose to Portage.

Kalamazoo Public Library Photograph, P-144

Enlarge image

North Side of West Michigan Avenue, East from Rose to Portage, 2010

 

Today, the same stretch of West Michigan is dominated by the recently renovated Radisson Hotel and Old Burdick's Bar and Grill.

Jonathon Drobil, Western Michigan University, School of Art, 2010

Enlarge image