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The Davenport Skybridge is a pedestrian cable-stayed bridge [5] that spans River Drive in downtown Davenport, Iowa. It connects LeClaire Park to a courtyard and parking ramp on 2nd Street, located near the River Music Experience. The bridge, completed in 2005, is 50 feet (15 m) tall, 575 feet (175 m) long, and features 99 feet (30 m) columns.
The Redstone Building, home of the River Music Experience. The Redstone Building was originally the longtime home of the Petersen Harned Von Maur flagship store [1]. Common Chord formally known as the River Music Experience is a multi-use music facility and 501(c)3 non-profit organization located on the first two floors of the historic Redstone Building in downtown Davenport, Iowa.
A couple of years after opening, the River Music Experience focused more on live performances on the second floor. [8] The River Music Experience sponsors an annual music festival, River Roots Live, in Downtown Davenport along with Ribfest, each summer. [9] Today the building also features Mojo's coffee shop, a restaurant, and office space.
Together they formed a convention and entertainment complex for the Quad City area. The facility offered 20,500 square feet (1,900 m 2) of space in a large hall and six breakout rooms. An atrium was built over what was Perry Street. Minimalist artist Sol LeWitt was commissioned to provide artwork for the RiverCenter.
The Sergeant John F. Baker Jr. Bridge, [2] also known as the Baker Bridge or Interstate 280 Bridge, carries Interstate 280 (I-280) across the Mississippi River between Davenport, Iowa, and Rock Island, Illinois. The bridge opened in 1973 with a blue and yellow color scheme, thought to be unique in the state. In 2007, it was repainted all blue. [3]
The Quad Cities Metropolitan Area consists of three counties: Scott County in Iowa, and Rock Island County and Henry County in Illinois. The Quad Cities Metropolitan Area is also considered part of the Great Lakes Megalopolis. [22] [23] The Quad Cities area is distinctive because the Mississippi River flows from east to west as it passes ...
It is situated between two other riverfront parks: Centennial Park on the west and River Heritage Park, a new park that is being developed to the east. The 400-acre (1.6 km 2 ) park includes monuments, a bandshell, a baseball stadium and it is one of the terminal points for the Davenport Skybridge . [ 1 ]
East Moline is a city in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States.The population was 21,374 at the 2020 census. [4] East Moline is one of the Quad Cities [citation needed] at the confluence of the Rock and Mississippi rivers, along with neighboring Moline and Rock Island in Illinois and the cities of Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa.