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Des Moines Saddlery Company Building: June 27, 1985 : 307-311 Court Ave. Downtown: Built in 1881. 44: Des Moines Western Railway Freight House: Des Moines Western Railway Freight House: July 10, 2008 : 625 E. Court Ave.
May 30, 1974 (Des Moines: Polk: Training site for black officers in World War I. 8: George M. Verity: George M. Verity (towboat): December 20, 1989 (Keokuk: Lee: One of three surviving steam-powered towboats in the United States, this ship pioneered on upper Mississippi in a certain way, leading to large private industry.
Des Moines Parks and Recreation's ParkScore rating is up over last year, putting it ahead of places like Kansas City, Madison and Omaha. Des Moines has some of the nation's best parks. See where ...
Towering 13 stories over the Des Moines River, the half-mile-long High Trestle bridge is dramatically framed with a series of offset diagonals formed by sculptures representing coal cribs, a ...
The park is named for John Pappajohn, a local venture capitalist, and his wife Mary Louise Pappajohn (1933-2022), [3] who gifted the initial 24 sculptures, with a valuation of about $40 million USD, to the city of Des Moines. The couple are recognized art collectors, appearing in the ARTnews list of top 200 art collectors from 1998 to 2014.
Constructed in 1979, the area contained a number of attractions from the Riverview Park amusement center that had recently closed in nearby Des Moines. In 1990, the area was renamed Dragon Island when the Dragon roller coaster opened. While the Dragon was removed during the 2020 season, the area is still called Dragon Island.
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 ...