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The downtown Des Moines store became known for its Tea Room restaurant, which opened in 1913 and closed shortly before the store did. It also installed Iowa's first escalator, known as the "electric stairs," in 1939. The original Younkers store in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. The building was vacated when the store closed on August 12, 2005.
The building installed the first escalator in Iowa, known as the "electric stairs", in this building in 1939. [2] Younkers closed their downtown Des Moines location on August 12, 2005. Part of the building was destroyed in a fire during the early morning hours of March 29, 2014, that caused the upper floors of the building to collapse.
This is a list of the largest municipalities in the United States by race/ethnicity (80,000+) using 2020 U.S. Census data. It includes a sortable table of population by race/ethnicity. The table excludes Hispanics from the racial categories, assigning them to their own category.
The Des Moines metro's population, 709,512 at the time of the 2020 U.S. Census, was 737,164 in 2023. More: Use this interactive map to see what the 2020 census data says about your Iowa neighborhood
It was followed the next year by the Des Moines Rising Son. [1] By far the longest-lasting, however, was the Iowa Bystander , which spanned more than a century. During the peak period of African American newspaper founding in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the African American population in Iowa was less than 20,000. [ 2 ]
Map of the United States with Iowa highlighted Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States that is divided into 99 counties and contains 62 census-designated places (CDPs). [ 1 ] All population data is based on the 2010 census .
Philip Joens covers retail and real estate for the Des Moines Register. He can be reached at 515-284-8184, pjoens@registermedia.com or on Twitter @Philip_Joens.
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