Author: League of Women Voters of Grosse PointePublisher:
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Category : Grosse Pointe (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Know Your Grosse Pointe
Author: League of Women Voters of Grosse PointePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grosse Pointe (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Know Your Grosse Pointe: Park, City, Farms, Woods, Shores
Author: League of Women Voters of Grosse PointePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grosse Pointe (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Know Your Grosse Pointe
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Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Legendary Locals of Grosse Pointe
Author: Ann Marie Aliotta and Suzy BerschbackPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467100935
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
Grosse Pointe is a community of many transformations. Today, it is known as an affluent suburb of Detroit, but Native Americans were the first inhabitants of this haven on the water. In the late 1600s, the fertile land, rich forests, and easy access to water attracted Europeans settlers to the region. And, as neighboring Detroit began to prosper, the allure of Grosse Pointe's lakefront drew weekend pleasure-seekers, then summer vacationers, and later permanent residents who wanted to live on the shores of Lake St. Clair. Throughout this diverse, fascinating history, one thing has remained constant: the character of the people who call Grosse Pointe home. Hardworking, civic-minded, and devoted to family and friends, these individuals embody the spirit of Grosse Pointe, a unique community where generation after generation keeps coming back to live and play.
Grosse Pointe
Author: Ann Marie AliottaPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738550794
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Grosse Pointe is one of the oldest communities in the Midwest, dating back to the mid-1600s. Its history tells a classic American story of the transformation of Native American hunting grounds to the fertile farms of European settlers to an affluent suburb that grew with fortunes of industrialism in the 20th century.
This is Your Grosse Pointe
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Category : Grosse Pointe (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Grosse Pointe Girl
Author: Sarah Grace McCandlessPublisher:
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Welcome to Grosse Pointe, Michigan, where social rank is determined by the age of your money and the dryness of your martini. The new girl in town, Emma Harris, must prove herself hip to the rigid rules of adolescent conformity. The quest for cool, she discovers, is one long final exam. To pass she must be cruel to be kind (ditching her best friend for the popular crowd), dress to impress (trading her favorite Esprit shirt for three plastic bracelets), and master the art of seduction (puckering up with Mulberry Stain or Peaches 'n' Cream lip gloss). Life is all about making choices -- the right ones. Will Emma's social acrobatics put her on the short list for that coveted country club membership? Will the digits of her zip code pass muster? If her parents split up, will the gossip help or hurt her in the rankings? Grosse Pointe Girl serves as an indispensable road map through the dysfunction privilege brings. So put on your Guess? jeans and your jelly shoes and come along for the ride to the adolescent days that time forgot, but you never will.
The Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
Author: Arthur M. WoodfordPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439649340
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The Village of Grosse Pointe Shores, nestled along the shore of Lake St. Clair just north of Detroit, is the smallest of the five Grosse Pointe communities. After the settlement of Detroit in 1701, the area that would become Grosse Pointe Shores saw the arrival of French habitants who built their ribbon farms. Beginning in the 1860s, the area began to change as well-to-do Detroiters erected summer homes on the lakeshore. The Village of Grosse Pointe Shores was formally established in 1911, and the community grew as great mansions were built along Lake Shore Road. Following World War II, the community evolved yet again as the grand mansions disappeared and properties were subdivided. By the end of the 20th century, the village had grown into an established community of comfortable, well-maintained homes. In 2011, these residents gathered together to celebrate the 100th anniversary of their community.
Grosse Pointe Civic News
Author: Grosse Pointe, 1880-1930
Author: Madeleine SociaPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738508405
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
If Detroit was characterized as "The Paris of the Midwest" at the turn of the 20th century, then Grosse Pointe was the Riviera. There wealthy summer colonists, influential transplants from the bustle of the metropolis, founded private clubs where they could pursue polite pleasures and high society soirees away from the honky-tonk atmosphere of the area roadhouses which shared the shoreline of Lake St. Clair. Architecturally significant mansions on rambling estates soon replaced quaint French farm houses a nd gingerbread "cottages." As the good times rolled, no one was willing to let a little thing like Prohibition spoil the fun! The fact that the residents' elegant yachts and iceboats had to share the waters with rumrunners and federal agents only added to the excitement of an area fast becoming one of America's premier suburban enclaves. This new publication successfully captures the magical spirit of the Pointes. With photographs from personal and public collections, the authors have painted a wonderful picture of what it was like to live in Grosse Pointe during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.