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Posted: 23 May 2014

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Arcadia Creek

Arcadia Creek
The Museum on the left; Kalamazoo Valley Community College on the right.

For most of my life, and for decades before I was born, the Arcadia Creek ran underneath the buildings and parking lots in downtown Kalamazoo. If you knew where to look there were places you could see the water, but I imagine folks lived their whole lives in Kalamazoo without realizing the town had a downtown creek.

In the early 1990s the city daylighted the creek, with this result. Much better, though it's still in a straitjacket. A couple blocks east--past the arches--it breaks free of the channel into a park that serves as a festival site.

A great improvement.
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 Bob Taylor
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A lovely perspective. Interesting information. Wonderful that the city of Kalamazoo had the sense to bring the creek back to light.
9 years ago.

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