Grand Avenue the Renaissance of an Urban

by Biloine Whiting Young, David Lanegran, Dave Lanegram

Book Overview

Grand Avenue has been a street reinventing itself to match the times since it was first platted. This book identifies those factors that saved the street from urban blight, crime, and decay This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878391053
• ISBN13: 9780878391059
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: North Star Press of St. Cloud
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

Get real!

Get real! Read a realistic book. The book Grand Avenue is as real as it could get. It is a book that contains many stories that are linked together. These stories all have many different characters and take place in many different settings. They are so real that a variety of people could relate to them. It is full of anger, lust, personality, and distruction. The anger of one child leads to destruction when she burns down a barn because she couldn't save one horse. Another girl's relationship ended when she made a bad choice. It ends with plenty of life-long lessons that will capture the reader's heart. One reason that Grand Avenue is so easy to connect to is that the time period is so close to ours. The setting takes place in many different areas. Even though they aren't described well there are so many that the reader has to be able to connect to one. By connect , I mean if it sounds recognizable the reader can experience it more. Setting may not be described well, but it is still an important and large part of the book. The main themes are anger, lust, and destruction. The theme creates a world of suspense that is drowning in dangers. The dangers are not just imaginary. These dangers are ones that people have been victims of in the real world, too. One girl is determined to save a horse that she loves dearly. She can't save it so out of anger she burns down the barn that the horse had once been kept in. Another girl knows she's in love, but by making a bad choice her relationship ends. The characters in Grand Avenue have to learn important lessons the hard way. One can avoid the pain the characters go through and still learn life-long lessons, while reading Grand Avenue. Think about your relationships and problems. Do you want some help fixing them or making them better? Let my friends from Grand Avenue help. They'll do the dirty work for you. Make your life a little easier and have fun reading Grand Avenue.