| On display through March 31, 2009: Center Street Community In Retrospect: An Urban Renewal Travesty, Exhibit traces the 1950s Urban Renewal Program and the Des Moines, Iowa Neighborhood that was destroyed as a result. Exhibit curator is Town Craft Program Coordinator Madison R. DeShay, MA CRP. Artifacts include items donated by Former Center Street business owners and residents.
The exhibit is open to the public for self-guided viewing. Formal Presentations can be arranged by contacting by Madison DeShay, at (515)372-1214 or mrdeshay@iastate.edu. View images from the display.
Previous exhibits have included "Design of Diversity: Urban Design for Chicago's Socially Mixed Neighborhoods". Created by Emily Talen, Associate Professor at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Community Visioning, ISU COD Student Art, Hometown Perry Iowa: Then and Now. |
