Design competition brings a zip
line, cross country skiing and much more to
the development of Des Moines’ Water Works Park
About 20 feet below the surface, a gallery
runs parallel to the Raccoon River. But the
artwork in this gallery is not sculptures or
sketches. It’s an infiltration gallery, a 70-year-old
pipeline three miles long. The art inside it
— water. This precious resource, the history
of the concrete relic and the park in which
both sit, inspired a competition.
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Seven months ago, on June 30, 2011,
ownership of the Iowa Speedway in Newton
changed hands. A company controlled
by the Clement family agreed to pay
a company Read
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Locker
Room Des Moines Winter Games
Although
Iowa winters can put a damper on some
athletes heading outside into the cold,
the Des Moines Winter Games warms competitors
up with an array of events that take
place across the metro.
“There are lots of cool events going on
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The
Sound Entrepreneurs propose building unique StereoType
concert venue in Altoona
Imagine seeing your favorite rock, country
or hip-hop artist perform in one of six state-of-the-art-equipped
concert settings that can seat 200 to 10,000
people and afterwards buying an audio or video
recording of the concert online. Read
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Food
Dude
Mongolian metamorphoses
Sometime between the Year of the Metallic Tiger
and this new Year of the Water Dragon, our suburbs
were invaded by Mongolian BBQ. Never having
visited HuHot, Bang Bang or Mongolia itself,
I talked to restaurant pros who have. Read
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Political
Mercury
Red to blue? Or black eye for Christie Vilsack
in 4th?
Ames
Democrat Christie Vilsack, a former
middle school, high school and college
instructor, is running not just against
U.S. Rep. Read
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