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The plan for a sylvan theater in Des Moines was derived from plans prepared by city planners from St. Louis: Harland Bartholomew Associates. They created a comprehensive plan for the city's park system in 1927. [2] The Des Moines Garden Club had C.A Baughman from the same firm draw up detailed plans for Greenwood Park. Included in the new land ...
It was incorporated as a city in the area of Brown's Park in 1881, and in 1890 it was annexed into the city of Des Moines. The Greenwood Park Association bought Brown's Park 1892. While it was platted for residential development, housing was not built here until 1910 and into the 1920s. For the most part, it continued to be used as a park until ...
An artist who created an installation at Greenwood Park in Des Moines has filed a lawsuit seeking a temporary restraining order to stop the Des Moines Art Center's plans to demolish her work.
A covered shelter, part of the "Greenwood Pond: Double Site" art installation, sits fenced off to visitors Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, at Greenwood Park in Des Moines.
Installation's removal has gotten national attention. David Joiner, who lives near Greenwood and spoke at the council meeting, said the work's meaning and uniqueness extends far beyond Des Moines.
Location of Des Moines in Polk County in Iowa. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Des Moines, Iowa. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the city of Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
A Des Moines arts organization is preparing to rip out a groundbreaking artwork that lines a pond in a historic city park, surprising the New York artist who created the work decades ago and ...
Owl's Head was platted in 1888 when the area was part of the town of Greenwood Park. [2] It was annexed by the city of Des Moines in 1890. At the time the subdivision was being developed the city's railways system was being consolidated, expanded, and electrified. One line ran a block north of Owl's Head on Ingersoll Avenue.