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Grab Corners

This plaza was the social center of Grand Rapids back in the 1860s. “Grab Corners,” as newspaperman Lt. Bob Wilson called it, hosted an arcade, a movie theatre and dozens of businesses - both legitimate and otherwise. Listen to the colorful history of this early town square.

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