Thank you for sharing this!! It’s crazy to see what Grand Rapids looked like 34 years ago. So much has changed! If you have more tapes, please share them. It’s so nostalgic ☺️
This was awesome to watch. It was astonishing to see the city before my time and embellish on how huge gr is now and how much it’s physically changed. Thank you so much for posting this, I’m going to show this video to my 68 yo father and can’t wait to hear about the memories he will tell. Much love from the west side ❤
Born and raised in Grand Rapids. The rent prices were so cheap back then. The city has come along ways but I loved the simplicity of the 80’s and 90’s.
I grew up near North alpine. Everything you showed in the first 45 seconds is a shopping center now😂 I remember when north of 4 mile there was barely anything.
I remember when Campau's Trading Post was down on the east side of the Grand, and the Indians would come all the way from Spring Lake to trade furs and staples and such. PS. Thanks for posting this cool video. I was born in GR in 1962, been here my whole life. "West Side is the Best Side"
As I watched this video, about 8 minutes in I started to feel like I was going to vomit. I thought I was getting sick, then I realized it was because the video was giving me motion sickness. I couldn't watch the rest. Yet, I really appreciate that this was posted.
Yeah, I was thinking about adding video stabilization to it in Davinci, but I wasn't sure how it was going to affect the quality :\ I'm sorry to hear you had issues
Seeing the massive hill now known as Medical Mile for having the massive inner city colleges and hospitals on its banks, utterly and completely empty was mind boggling to me.
Had to tune out - almost puked in my keyboard. Vertigo level = intense. Seriously though, what a trip how much some is exactly the same and so much is SO different.
OK, cool watch being a West Sider and frequenter of Rainbow. I have to ask why were you driving around filming with what I'm assuming was a pretty big VHS camera?
When it became "Eastern Elementary "! Our 5 attended it when still Eastern Orthopedic, lo. 2 floors regular kids, 1 n 4. Other ,,2 n 3 "Crippled kids". And they weren't allowed to interact, mid 1960s.
I digitized some of my grandfather's old VHS tapes as well, but the only outdoor shot of the GR area is looking west on Page street off of Plainfield back in 1993 :\
So this guy has a cracked windshield, huge fuzzy dice, is smoking, recording video with probably a not very small camera and then also driving. I don't know if this is impressive or scary as hell.
@@Roetorooter The audio is turned down completely when the level is below a certain threshold. You can hear it distinctly when they’re talking inside the music store; the background noise in the store is audible when people are speaking, but when they aren’t it’s dead silent. It’s probably just the way the camera was set up, I was just curious.
I was 12 years old in 1989 and downtown was our old stomping grounds back in the day. There was simply nothing to DO downtown back then, regardless of age. We would usually just annoy the adults by skateboarding and/or smoking weed and cigarettes non stop, because that was the only thing to do lol :)
So much has changed…… Loved seeing this!!! Please if possible I wanna see more!!! Born and raised GR since 1978
How was the people back then harder to deal with and more crazy then now days???
Same here, since 2001. :)
Thank you for sharing this!! It’s crazy to see what Grand Rapids looked like 34 years ago. So much has changed! If you have more tapes, please share them. It’s so nostalgic ☺️
Wow! It's crazy to see how far GR has come!
This was awesome to watch. It was astonishing to see the city before my time and embellish on how huge gr is now and how much it’s physically changed. Thank you so much for posting this, I’m going to show this video to my 68 yo father and can’t wait to hear about the memories he will tell. Much love from the west side ❤
I'm glad you kept the tape. Cool video man, trip down "memory lane" lol.
Born and raised in Grand Rapids. The rent prices were so cheap back then. The city has come along ways but I loved the simplicity of the 80’s and 90’s.
7:46 He said Alpine and Leonard was the NE part of GR. It's NW. :)
I grew up near North alpine. Everything you showed in the first 45 seconds is a shopping center now😂 I remember when north of 4 mile there was barely anything.
Loved this video! I drove all those roads, had those headphones and banked and Old Kent. I miss old G.R!!!
This was awesome! I can't believe how young the Rainbow Music guys looked. They got a lot of my money in 1989!
Remember believe in music on Fulton and fuller? I could be wrong. Been a long time?
Please post more of old GR!
I remember when Campau's Trading Post was down on the east side of the Grand, and the Indians would come all the way from Spring Lake to trade furs and staples and such. PS. Thanks for posting this cool video. I was born in GR in 1962, been here my whole life. "West Side is the Best Side"
How cool is this! I went to Rainbow, played at Cleo's and Alpine Lounge many times
Wow crazy video thank you. I remember when they tore down that building and built the Walgreens the first time. Grew up on Leonard/Alpine
As I watched this video, about 8 minutes in I started to feel like I was going to vomit. I thought I was getting sick, then I realized it was because the video was giving me motion sickness. I couldn't watch the rest. Yet, I really appreciate that this was posted.
Yeah, I was thinking about adding video stabilization to it in Davinci, but I wasn't sure how it was going to affect the quality :\ I'm sorry to hear you had issues
At 6:47 this is Coit Ave not College Ave. College is a few blocks to the east.
I left Grand Rapids in the 90s so this is pretty much how I remember it.
22:24 Proper use of the name MEIJER'S. A true Michigander
And later that night, they went to Top of the Rock.
This was before the tall, glass, angled roof part of the Amway Grand went up???
THANK U IM FROM GR MICHIGAN LIVES IN LAS VEGAS THANK U I CAN APPRECIATE THIS ❤
YOURE SO VERY WELCOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Was born at buttersworth in 92, my son was born there in 2013.
My Mrs a Butterworth Nursing School grad, 1951. 😊
Seeing the massive hill now known as Medical Mile for having the massive inner city colleges and hospitals on its banks, utterly and completely empty was mind boggling to me.
I wonder if anyone here remembers the fun factory at the mall
I remember the fun factory at Woodland mall used to go there all the time
Sad that Rainbow closed. Bought a couple guitars there.
The old Grand Center. Home of the Autorama!
Great video! Some parts look exactly the same and other parts look foreign to me.
To drive down Alpine with only that much traffic lol. I was 9 in 89 and remember a lot of that.
Top of the Rock out on Alpine. So many good memories coming of age in the 80s.
Rainbow Music financed our amps, pay by the week. Way before the credit score.
It’s crazy how similar 1989 was to 1999 IMO. Sucks I never will experience those times. 😔
What no Mr Fables stop for a burger and a nickel for your kids to put in the toy machine?
And those onion rings 🤤🤤🤤
Had to tune out - almost puked in my keyboard. Vertigo level = intense. Seriously though, what a trip how much some is exactly the same and so much is SO different.
I was born in 1989. This is so cool to see. Also from Sparta!
I’m glad the road quality improved over the years
Thank you.... The good old days..
I miss this city. So cool to see it as it was late 80s!
I'm in my Rainbow Music sweatshirt smiling hard at the shop tour part :)
This is so awesome!!!
OK, cool watch being a West Sider and frequenter of Rainbow. I have to ask why were you driving around filming with what I'm assuming was a pretty big VHS camera?
I was in eastern elementary probably while this was shot 😮
When it became "Eastern Elementary "! Our 5 attended it when still Eastern Orthopedic, lo. 2 floors regular kids, 1 n 4. Other ,,2 n 3 "Crippled kids". And they weren't allowed to interact, mid 1960s.
Great stuff! Do you have other old videos of the Grand Rapids area?
I digitized some of my grandfather's old VHS tapes as well, but the only outdoor shot of the GR area is looking west on Page street off of Plainfield back in 1993 :\
Wow no varnum or bridgewater place
Crazy to see how much of it looks the same... and what's missing.
Was this you in 1989? Still around the area?
Great iPhone video!!!! Ugh!!!! Lol. Jk. Awesome. Appreciate any more videos of this.
Too bad you didn't show more of the nice downtown
I was a sophomore at Union high school during this video.
I miss Rainbow!
So this guy has a cracked windshield, huge fuzzy dice, is smoking, recording video with probably a not very small camera and then also driving. I don't know if this is impressive or scary as hell.
well I’m impressed
you realize this video was taken in 1989 and that he posted it this week? He has survived 30 years since this video, his choices were obviously sound
It was last century, when we didn't live in fear of Everything
they didnt give a fuck back then
@@superhappyfuntimeshow It definitely wasn't me that was filming this, but my dad.... but the point still stands, he's still surviving to this day!
Or if anyone remembers Mackies place with the train in the food plaza
2:40-2:41 vacant lot back then where currently Van Andel Arena is at.
Was Rainbow Music where Shakedown Street is now?
Nope, shakedown st is further east on leonard and has been in that location since at least the 90s. Rainbow music is now High Profile I believe
@@Roetorooter This looks like the original Rainbow Music location, where the Walgreens is now. Arnie's bakery is right across the street.
Buffalo Stop for all your smoking needs
Did you apply some noise reduction filter to the audio track or was it like that on the tape?
No noise reduction at all, were you hearing something strange in the video?
@@Roetorooter The audio is turned down completely when the level is below a certain threshold. You can hear it distinctly when they’re talking inside the music store; the background noise in the store is audible when people are speaking, but when they aren’t it’s dead silent. It’s probably just the way the camera was set up, I was just curious.
Ah man there was a hot n now?
There was :( That area is now the Planet Fitnes/Dunkin Donuts if I'm remembering correctly
Good video, but Michigan turns into Bridge, not Pearl! 😂
I was 12 years old in 1989 and downtown was our old stomping grounds back in the day. There was simply nothing to DO downtown back then, regardless of age. We would usually just annoy the adults by skateboarding and/or smoking weed and cigarettes non stop, because that was the only thing to do lol :)
back in 89 people used to drive and film with VHS camera.
in 2024 people drive with cell phones (wimps)
Dude was a vlogger before it was a thing 😂
I remember rainbow music! It was on division over by a Mr fable!
Mr. Fables was the best hamburger chain ever. Even better than Five Guys. "Drop a ring."
The good old days
I did as of 2023 so far
Back before the city sucked. When it was relatively safe.
the 1st -- 1st amendment auditor
Gunrapids is a liberal joke
Can still find Hoes on Prospect avenue.