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Kirkwood Avenue, 1970-1976

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View of the brick wall and fence of Ardenia at corner of Kirkwood Avenue and Mercy Street.

Tags: 1970s, Kirkwood Avenue, Mercy Street, snow, trees, winter scene

Les' Barbershop, 1970-1976

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View of door of Les' Barbershop, 124 1/2 College St. Barbershop was in the Odd Fellows building which was torn down during the urban renewal project in Iowa City.

Tags: 1970s, businesses, College Street, Demolition, downtown, urban renewal

Log Cabins, Upper City Park, 1970-1976

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Old Settlers' Association of Johnson County Cabins.

Tags: 1970s, cabins, City Park, National Register of Historic Places, parks, trees

Log Cabins, Upper City Park, 1970-1976

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Old Settlers' Association of Johnson County Cabins.

Tags: 1970s, cabins, City Park, National Register of Historic Places, parks, trees

Mini Park at Dubuque and Washington Streets, 1974

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Pre-pedestrian mall, prior to the Black Hawk mural that was painted on the side of the building shown. Slide printed September 1974.

Tags: 1970s, 1974, Black Hawk Mini Park, cars, City of Iowa City, downtown, Dubuque Street, Englert Theatre, movie theatres, parks, people, trees, urban renewal, Washington Street

Oakland Cemetery, 1970-1976

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Tags: 1970s, cemeteries, Oakland Cemetery, snow

Oakland Cemetery, 1970-1976

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Black Angel

Tags: 1970s, art, Black Angel, cemeteries, Oakland Cemetery, snow

Odd Fellows Building Demolition, 100-Block East College Street, 1975

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Tags: 1970s, College Street, Demolition, downtown, Odd Fellows building, urban renewal

Odd Fellows Building Demolition, 1970-1976

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Corner of Dubuque and College Streets

Tags: 1970s, businesses, College Street, Demolition, downtown, Dubuque Street, street scene, urban renewal

Odd Fellows Building, College and Dubuque Streets, 1965

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Corner of College and Dubuque, slide printed April 1965. Note on slide, "FUTURE SITE OF PLAZA CENTER I"

Tags: 1960s, businesses, cars, City of Iowa City, College Street, downtown, Dubuque Street, Odd Fellows building

Old Capitol Building, 1970-1976

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View from the east

Tags: 1970s, National Register of Historic Places, Old Capitol, Pentacrest

Old Capitol Mall, East Washington and South Clinton Streets, 1980s

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Old Capitol Mall

Tags: 1980s, businesses, cars, City of Iowa City, Clinton Street, downtown, Old Capitol Mall, people, street scene, urban renewal, Washington Street

Old City Hall

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The old City Hall building on Washington Street, demolished in 1962.

Tags: businesses, cars, city hall, downtown, street scene, Washington Street

Old City Hall

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The old City Hall building on Washington Street, demolished in 1962.

Tags: city hall, downtown, Washington Street

Old City Hall, 200-Block East Washington Street

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The old City Hall building on Washington Street, demolished in 1962.

Tags: city hall, downtown, Washington Street

Old Jet, 1970-1976

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View of the remounting of "Old Jet" at the Iowa City Airport.

Tags: 1970s, airplanes, airport

Old Post Office building, Corner of Linn and Washington Streets, 1931

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Original Iowa City Post Office building. Current site of the Senior Center building.

Tags: 1930s, cars, City of Iowa City, downtown, Linn Street, National Register of Historic Places, post office

Old Post Office building, Corner of Linn and Washington Streets, 1965

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Original Iowa City Post Office building. Current site of the Senior Center building. Slide printed April 1965.

Tags: 1960s, City of Iowa City, downtown, Linn Street, National Register of Historic Places, post office

One-Room Schoolhouse, 1970-1976

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Surrounded by a field

Tags: 1970s, fields, rural Iowa, schools

Parking Lot, View of Capitol and College Streets, 1970-1976

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Old Capitol in the background.

Tags: 1970s, Capitol Street, cars, College Street, Old Capitol, street scene

Pedestrian Mall

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View of the pedestrian mall in downtown Iowa City, finished in 1978, with a focus on the fountain at the corner of Dubuque and College St.

Tags: College Street, downtown, Dubuque Street, fountain, pedestrian mall, people, Plaza Centre One

Pedestrian Mall

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View of the pedestrian mall in downtown Iowa City, finished in 1978, with a focus on the fountain at the corner of Dubuque and College St.

Tags: College Street, downtown, Dubuque Street, fountain, pedestrian mall, people

Pedestrian Mall

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View of the pedestrian mall in downtown Iowa City, finished in 1978, with a focus on the fountain at the corner of Dubuque and College St.

Tags: College Street, downtown, Dubuque Street, fountain, pedestrian mall, people, Plaza Centre One

Pedestrian Mall

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View of the pedestrian mall in downtown Iowa City, finished in 1978, with a focus on the fountain at the corner of Dubuque and College St.

Tags: College Street, crowds, downtown, Dubuque Street, fountain, pedestrian mall, people, Plaza Centre One

Pedestrian Mall

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View of the pedestrian mall in downtown Iowa City, finished in 1978, with a focus on the fountain at the corner of Dubuque and College St. Subscribers paid one dollar for each brick in the fountain.

Tags: College Street, downtown, Dubuque Street, fountain, pedestrian mall, people, Plaza Centre One

Pedestrian Mall and Plaza construction, 1980

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Pedestrian Mall and fountain. Dated August 1980. This photo features the fountain informally called "Three Women Peeing," an unnamed sculpture created by Bob Satter and Brian Gutheinz. It was a tubular fountain on stepped brick platform, made with…

Tags: 1980, 1980s, City of Iowa City, downtown, fountain, pedestrian mall, urban renewal

Pedestrian Mall and Plaza, 1980s

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Plaza Centre One, Hotel Jefferson, Pedestrian Mall.

Tags: 1980s, aerial view, City of Iowa City, downtown, Dubuque Street, fountain, Hotel Jefferson, pedestrian mall, people, Plaza Centre One, trees, urban renewal

Pedestrian Mall and Plaza, 1980s

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Pedestrian mall, Plaza Centre One, Hotel Jefferson.

Tags: 1980s, City of Iowa City, downtown, Dubuque Street, Hotel Jefferson, pedestrian mall, people, Plaza Centre One, urban renewal

Pedestrian Mall and Plaza, Dubuque and College Streets, 1980s

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Plaza Fountain

Tags: 1980s, City of Iowa City, College Street, downtown, Dubuque Street, fountain, pedestrian mall, people, urban renewal

Pedestrian Mall, 1970-1976

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View of the pedestrian mall in downtown Iowa City, with a focus on the fountain at the corner of Dubuque and College St.

Tags: 1970s, College Street, downtown, Dubuque Street, fountain, movie theatres, pedestrian mall, people, Plaza Centre One

Pedestrian Mall, East College Street, 1979

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People gathered in downtown Iowa City, slide printed September 1979

Tags: 1970s, 1979, City of Iowa City, College Street, crowds, downtown, pedestrian mall, people, urban renewal

Pedestrian Mall, East College Street, 1980s

Pedestrian mall, Old Capitol Mall.

Tags: 1980s, City of Iowa City, College Street, downtown, Old Capitol Mall, pedestrian mall, people, trees, urban renewal

Pedestrian Mall, South Dubuque Street, 100-Block, 1980s

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Pedestrian mall at South Dubuque Street after urban renewal. Hotel Jefferson, Plaza Centre One.

Tags: 1980s, City of Iowa City, downtown, Dubuque Street, Hotel Jefferson, pedestrian mall, Plaza Centre One, urban renewal

Pentacrest Buildings, 1970-1976

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Schaeffer and MacLean Halls, University of Iowa campus.

Tags: 1970s, downtown, National Register of Historic Places, Pentacrest, people, street scene, University of Iowa, Washington Street

Person in Front of Debris, 200-Block East College Street, 1970-1976

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Tags: 1970s, College Street, Demolition, downtown, people, urban renewal

Playground Near Central Business District, 1970-1976

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Odd Fellows building in the background on the right.

Tags: 1970s, downtown, Odd Fellows building, people, playground, power lines, urban renewal

Playground Near Central Business District, 1970-1976

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Hotel Jefferson in the background.

Tags: 1970s, downtown, Hotel Jefferson, people, playground, power lines, urban renewal

Plaza Centre One and Fountain, 1980s

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Pedestrian mall, College and Dubuque Streets. This photo features the fountain informally called "Three Women Peeing," an unnamed sculpture created by Bob Satter and Brian Gutheinz. It was a tubular fountain on stepped brick platform, made with steel…

Tags: 1980s, City of Iowa City, College Street, downtown, Dubuque Street, fountain, pedestrian mall, people, Plaza Centre One, urban renewal