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  2. Iowa City Downtown Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The district was significantly altered in the 1970s by the city's urban renewal effort that brought about the Ped Mall (City Plaza), which transformed two blocks of College Street from Clinton Street to Linn Street and Dubuque Street from Burlington Street to Washington Street. It is the contributing site and the large planters/retaining walls ...

  3. From an Iowa first to new local favorites: Here's what opened ...

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    The coffee bar at Kindred Coffee, 287 N. Linn St., is pictured Friday, Aug. 16, 2024 in Iowa City, Iowa. Kindred Coffee Located in the former Tru Coffee location, Kindred Coffee opened on June 19.

  4. Ned Ashton House - Wikipedia

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    Following the 2008 flood, Iowa City began buying up flooded properties. As of Oct. 25, 2011, the city had purchased the Ashton House. [ 6 ] By the end of the buy-out program in mid-2012, the city had purchased all but one neighboring house, with demolition slated for completion before 2013.

  5. College Green Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The College Green Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [ 1 ] At the time of its nomination it consisted of 47 resources, which included 37 contributing buildings , one contributing site , and nine non ...

  6. Muscatine Avenue Moffitt Cottage Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Muscatine Avenue Moffitt Cottage Historic District is a National Register of Historic Places district that includes five stone cottages in Iowa City epitomizing the eccentric vernacular architectural style of Howard Moffitt. Moffitt constructed more than 100 houses in Iowa City and Coralville, Iowa, and a few in Citrus City, Texas. These ...

  7. Ped Mall (Iowa City) - Wikipedia

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    The Ped Mall area also contains restaurants, bars, retail, hotels, a playground for children, and the Iowa City Public Library. The Coldren Opera House was located on the street which has now become the mall. In 2021, it was included as a contributing property in the Iowa City Downtown Historic District. [1] Performers from Ballet Folklorico ...

  8. Brown Street Historic District - Wikipedia

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    Beginning in 2022, the Brown Street Historic District was the site of a project to increase affordable housing in Iowa City. The city sold a vacant lot at 724 Ronalds Street to a nonprofit who has worked with the Iowa City Community School District to build affordable rental housing and provide students with on-the-job vocational training. [8]

  9. Johnson County Poor Farm and Asylum Historic District

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    The original facility to care for the poor and mentally ill was built in 1855 (no longer extant) and wings were added around 1861. The remaining wing of the first asylum building was moved to its present location in 1888 and used as a hog building after a new residential building had been completed two years prior.