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Donald Arthur Piper was born on May 11, 1961, in West Des Moines, Iowa. Little is known of his personal background, except that he apparently suffered from frequent headaches as a teenager. [1] In 1979, he started working as a maintenance engineer for a Hyatt hotel in Des Moines.
The prominent Chicago hotel design firm H.L. Stevens & Company designed the 233-room hotel in the Colonial Revival style, which was a rare choice for commercial architecture in Des Moines. [2] The hotel is an eleven-story brick building that rises 140 feet (43 m) above the ground. [3] Opened in 1919, it has additions completed in 1952 and 1953.
In 1950, West Des Moines had a population of 5,615, but the city grew as many new housing subdivisions were built. West Des Moines annexed the neighboring community of Clover Hills in 1950, the town of Ashawa, a former Rock Island railroad stop, in 1957, and the town of Commerce, along the Raccoon River, in 1960. City government also grew, and ...
A 15-foot open-fire hearth, perhaps the largest in Iowa, and 10-seat oyster bar say all diners need to know about the menu. Steak and seafood form the heart of the dishes Iannerelli and his team ...
Technically, West Des Moines gave the owner of the Val Air Ballroom until Dec. 31, 2023, to finish a $14.5 million renovation of the historic concert venue in order to qualify for a tax rebate and ...
The Hotel Kirkwood, also known as the Kirkwood Civic Center Hotel, is a historic building located in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, United States. The building was designed by the Chicago architectural firm of H.L. Stevens & Company and built in 1930. With its completion it became the largest hotel along Fourth Street between Walnut Street and ...