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- Collection: Urban Renewal, 1970s-1980s
Dey House, 1970-1976
507 North Clinton Street. Current site of the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
Downtown fountain, Pedestrian Mall, 1984
At the Holiday Inn enrance. Slide printed October 1984. 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,…
Downtown Iowa City, 1970-1976
Photo taken from City Park
Downtown Iowa City, 1970s
Old Capitol and blue mural in the background.
Downtown Iowa City, 1973
Temporary building contructed during Urban Renewal period. Slide printed July 1973.
Dubuque and College Streets, 1970s
Dubuque and College intersection. Plaza Centre One, J.C. Penney's. Future site of pedestrian mall.
East College and South Dubuque Streets, 1965
Corner of East College and South Dubuque Streets before urban renewal. Strand Theater, Barbara's Bake Shoppe, and Sweeting Flowers. Future site of pedestrian mall. Slide printed April 1965.
East College Street, 100-Block, 1965
Strand Theatre, Sweeting's Flowers, Cook's Paints, Montgomery Ward. Slide printed April 1965.
East College Street, 100-Block, 1970s
Downtown corner
East College Street, 100-Block, 1970s
Future site of Plaza Centre One. Slide printed August 1973.
East College Street, 100-Block, 1971
North side of East College Street
East College Street, 200-Block, 1973
East College St. between Dubuque and Linn Streets, slide printed August 1973
East College Street, 200-Block, 1973
East College Street, between Dubuque and Linn Streets. Site of the current Iowa City Public Library. Slide printed August 1973.
East Court Street, 300-Block, during Urban Renewal, 1972
Slide printed August 1972.
East Hall Annex
Photo taken from Dubuque Street. This building was demolished in 1973.
East Hall Annex Demolition, 1973
University of Iowa campus, corner of Iowa and Dubuque Streets.
East Hall Annex Demolition, 1973
University of Iowa campus
East Hall Annex Demolition, 1973
University of Iowa campus
East Hall Annex Demolition, 1973
University of Iowa campus, corner of Linn and Iowa Streets.
East Hall Annex Demolition, 1973
University of Iowa campus
East Harrison Street, 300-Block, 1990s
Iowa City infill.
East Washington Street construction during Urban Renewal, 1975
East Washington Street, looking West in front of City Hall. Slide printed August 1975.
East Washington Street, 200-Block, 1960s
Businesses pictured: Astro Theatre, Stillwell's Paint Store, Continental Mortgage Investment, H.D. Beeler Agency.
East Washington Street, 200-Block, 1972
Plamor Lanes. Slide printed April 1972.
East Washington Street, 200-Block, 1986
East Washington Street. Slide printed June 1986. Note on slide,"PRIV. REDEV."
Electricity Pole, 1970-1976
Electricity pole covered with red creeping vines. Date of acquisition 5-27-2004