Swift Printing funny and cute photos from the past
Wow, look at those awesome vintage uniforms! This photo is from 1985. It’s the year Walt and Amy Gutowski got married. Can you find Walt in the photo? I think he needs to bring back the long hair and mustache. What do you think? Fun fact: Walt still plays softball in a competitive league.
Cool Bridge Street History
404 Bridge N.W. The Oroiquis Building. Built in 1893, this structure has housed meat markets, grocery stores, a bakery, and a shoe store. The upper floors have been used as a rooming house and as a hotel. Swift Printing Company, owned by Walter & Amy Gutowski, Jr., has occupied the retail space on the ground floor of the building since 1954. (The Paper, July 6-12, 2000, p. 5.)
Tom Rademacher: It's (insert day), so you know where Walt Gutowski Sr. is ... at the downtown YMCA getting exercise
Gutowski is 87, and one of the most admired icons to regularly walk through the doors of the David D. Hunting YMCA in downtown Grand Rapids.