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99 proposed Pappajohn Sculpture Garden in Gateway Park (courtesy of Agrest + Gandelsonas Architects) Gandelsonas + Agrest of (courtesy Park Gateway in Garden Sculpture Pappajohn proposed the and Library Central the Iowa, of Center Science the Avenue, Court of north Street 4th along eateries Avenue, Court Farm’erson Market Downtown seasonal Center, weekly Events Iowa the from skyline downtown Village, East the in Street Locust East bridge, pedestrian Railroad Union the from River Moines Des and Bridge Avenue Court Corporation’s lawn, Meredith in sculpture Bruggen van and Oldenburg Gray’sLake, along trails Park, Gateway in Festival Arts Moines Des the left): upper from (clockwise Moines Des downtown in places cultural cultural, entertainment, and historic and distrtricts, civic places. strategies and significant site for future cultural development, The Cultural Development section covers cultural development build authenticity and identity by bolstering our strengths. restaurants, music, shows -- but we also have to the opportunity Yes, up‘keeping with the Joneses is important’ -- we need retail, successful Farmer’s our two Market, Rivers, and our unique history. our extensive network of public agriculture arts, and our wildly makes Des Moines unique: trails and(think: RAGBRAI), biking Building our cultural identity should begin with that which development is imperative to Des Moines’ future. a locationIn where competition for workers is fierce, cultural classes, or improving performance talents at rehearsal studios. as purchasing from art galleries, learning at new culinary skills where people can actively engage with the cultural such arts, listening to attending a concert, a film festival passive cultural activities -- going to a show, visiting a museum, environment. They seek places that offer enrichment through choosing to locate in places that offer an engaging cultural workers. Workers and, ultimately, businesses are increasingly as the economy shifts increasingly towards skilled, knowledge contributes to a place, consider the of importance a city’s culture For those that do not value culture simply for the delight it A city’s culture is something that must continue to evolve. downtown’s culture is not over. they set the bar for cultural development in downtown, work on add delight, texture, and character to the community. And, while EducationHigher Center, World Food Prize, and Riverwalk. They projects is nearly complete -- Iowa Events Center, Pappajohn of new downtown cultural places. The list of these Vision Iowa through an unprecedented community collaboration for a suite 1970’s to a recent funds from the Vision Iowa program secured 1900’s to the privately funded Civic Center and Nollen Plaza in the by spectacular civic architecture in the early decades of the downtown. Beginning with early 20th planning Century followed Des Moines has a special of creatinghistory cultural places in Cultural Development

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3. DEVELOPMENT Cultural Development 100 3. DEVELOPMENT Cultural Development infill development and pedestrian improvements.infill development andpedestrian andshows areas fabric connective thatshouldstrivefor active and restaurants. The adjoiningmap identifiestheseareas of Avenue venues,Street andCourt housing, withentertainment with itscombinationofhousing, retaurants, andtheLibrary, 4th streetscape andground floor retail and restaurants, 10thStreet East these placesexistindowntown currently: Village withits a visitor to walkto arestaurant by NollenPlaza. Afew of eatery. Ahotel southoftheIowa Events Center may encourage BuildingandanEastLocust theHistorical Streetbetween treasures found inoneoftheEast Village shopswhenwalking them closertogether. Onemay serendipitously discover the these culturalamenitieshastheeffect between ofdrawing Infill Farmer’s canfeel achore like instead offun. Market fetching after morning thefreshest fare attheDowntown onaSaturday returning bookstoCivic Center; theCentral Library dinner intheEast to catch ashowVillage atthe thenwalking becomes painfullyaware oftheblisters developedhaving after Park Avenue one onCourt to feels ahike; meetfriends like presently feel far-flung. gameat theI-Cubs Awalkafter Principal Presently, theseplacesthat thechallengeliesinconnecting downtown.comprise will provide areas to thevarious that anchorsandidentity Moines. As development downtown progresses, theseamenities forultimately provides downtown opportunities long-term Des stretches and, whilethiscurrently presents somechallenges, it western-, andeasternmost southern-, They animate thenorthern-, Downtown’s culturalamenitiesare spread across thedowntown. leveraging these existing facilities. recommended in this doors to localresidents visitors. and out-of-town The strategy Center,the Botanical andtheState Capitol --inopeningtheir -- theCivicCenter, Principal Building, Park, theState Historical joinedwithdowntown’sthe Central Library existingfacilities such astheIowa Events Center, Center theScience ofIowa and opportunities. andenhancetourism opportunities, Venues the metropolitan’s residents, bolster economicdevelopment for downtown theculturalopportunities to enrich Moines Des Since 2000,over ahalfbilliondollarshave beeninvested in an InfillStrategyDowntown’sDevelop to Culture Cultural Development section isoneof section existing and potential cultural development areas in the downtown. future cultural development should infill between and connect the existing cultural amenities in downtown in amenities cultural existing the connect and between infill should development cultural future downtown. the in areas development cultural potential and existing

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Lacking the geographic strengths of life -- often tied to a community’s cache of andarts cultural amenities -- is an increasingly and visitors’, it has become a significant quotient in economic development. The quality of Not only are andarts culture important for the education and enrichment for local residents’ downtown’s workforce and residents. program would be a good complement to larger venues downtown while supporting regional artists through experimental and rehearsal performance spaces and studios, the in downtown during the course of the planning work. With a vision of fostering local and A local visual and performing centerarts surfaced as a particular cultural amenity needed strenthen what’s here and invest in future andarts cultural venues at small and large scales. the cultural development front, but downtown must not rest on its laurels. Downtown should tify and evolve its collection of significant cultural offerings. We have accomplished much on downtown’s cultural development focus in the near-term, downtown must continue to iden While infill development and bolstering existing amenities should be a main element of e e 9 a 6 m d y t 101 - • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Iowa education center, indoor water park, hotels, including convention hotel at IEC children’s museum, outdoor performance hall, year-round indoor farmer’s market, music venues, movie theater, small/mid-scale meeting & events space local visual and performing arts center, adventure recreation center, culinary arts education center, performing arts school, art center - downtown branch, river environmental center, center for citizen diplomacy,

3. DEVELOPMENT Cultural Development 102 3. DEVELOPMENT Cultural Development have recently beenmadeindowntown. structure andrealize ofinvestments thepositive impacts which These identifiedsites have thepotential to strengthen oururban few othercitieshave structurethatvery achieved.beautiful urban create theclearand Riverfront Moines buildings alongtheDes Avenue,Court theState Capitol andEastLocust Street, thecivic thePolk and locations.these prime like Much Courthouse County toto downtown iflocated anchorandaddidentity in Moines Des projects, schools, culturalinstitutions, andcivicplaceswould help sites shouldbeamongthefirstconsidered. Signature mixed use these Moines, especiallythosewhichholdculturalimportance, As future significant development projectsare consideredDes in indowntown. connectivity each site highlyvisible, to easilyaccessible, greater andkeys Pedestrian Bridge. makes The typically combinationofattributes Iowa Events Center ofthefuture andtheterminus Center Street and anchorsthe10thStreet corridor, anotherisadjacentto the EastLocustthriving Jr. Street, anotherisalongMLKing Parkway their significance. RiverFor example, andalongthe oneisonthe marking factors hasacoupleofkey Eachsite typically section. the culturaldevelopment infill zones outlinedintheprevious under-utilized. With afew exeptions, allofthesesites fallwithin have highlighted significant sites thatare presently vacantor andproposedRecent investments in downtown Moines Des Significant Sites existing and potential cultural development areas in the downtown with significant sites identified. these signficant sites would be conducive to major new cultural, commercial, residential, civic, or mixed use developments in downtown in cultural, developments use new or commercial,mixed major to civic, be residential, conducive would sites signficant these identified. sites significant with downtown the in areas development cultural potential and existing

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3 0' ST 6TH SE KEY: DesMoinesPublicSchools - ownership DesMoinesPublicSchools-uncertain DesMoinesPublicSchools - existing Federal-uncertain Federal-potentialfuture FederalCourthouse Federal-existing StateofIowa-ownership StateofIowa-uncertain StateofIowa-potentialfuture StateCapitol StateofIowa-existing PolkCounty-ownership PolkCounty-uncertain PolkCounty-potentialfuture PolkCountyCourthouse PolkCounty-existing CityofDesMoines-ownership CityofDesMoines-uncertain CityofDesMoines-potentialfuture CityHall 600' 3 2 1 4 200' City ofDesMoines-existing 3 KEY: DesMoinesPublicSchools-ownership DesMoinesPublicSchools-uncertain DesMoinesPublicSchools-existing Federal-uncertain Federal-potentialfuture FederalCourthouse Federal-existing StateofIowa-ownership StateofIowa-uncertain StateofIowa-potentialfuture StateCapitol StateofIowa-existing PolkCounty-ownership PolkCounty-uncertain PolkCounty-potentialfuture PolkCountyCourthouse PolkCounty-existing CityofDesMoines-ownership CityofDesMoines-uncertain CityofDesMoines-potentialfuture CityHall 600' 3 2 1 4 City ofDesMoines-existing 1400' 1400' 0' A ATTRACTIONS CULTURAL proposed: existing and pril 3,200 0' A Courthouse, Polk County Convention Complex, Central Campus along the Des Moines River, City Public Works facilities, Polk County futures including (from top): the Armory and Federal Courthouse several public-owned properties in downtown have uncertain 200' ATTRACTIONS CULTURAL proposed: existing and pril 3,200 7 200' 107 7 600' 600' 1400' 1400' to the quality and vibrancy ofdowntown . and vibrancy to thequality from thecivicarchitecture form continuesto andcity contribute best valuefrom thesetransitionsandthat therarederived beauty planning isneededto ensure receives thatthecommunity the emerging asvaluablereal estate. Careful and timelyresearch and of theplacesthatare becomingobsolete are inareas thatare architectural treasures for theircurrent and/orfuture uses. Many funding willberequired inorder andmaintainthe to preserve thecaseofany buidings, ofthehistoric In considerablecare and transitionrepresentsOwnership achallengeandanopportunity. issue andfacedby alllevels ofgovernment present inthecity. These and itisan are inthecommunity sensitive subjects Public reuse Library’s by the World Food Prize. otherplaces, buildingsareIn vacated for reuse, suchastheformer ConventionCounty Complex, Polk Jail, County Wallace Building). this potentially frees upvaluablelandfor redevelopment (Polk iswithtough redevelopmentmunity questions. For someplaces, some ofthoseplacesthathave beenoutgrown, leaving thecom- buildingshaveNew beenbuiltorare contemplated to replace were whenthey ahundred constructed yearsof ourcourts ago. designers couldneverneeds have imagined thecontemporary ture oftheU.S. andthePolk is, its Courthouse Courthouse County buildings. For example, asgrand andimpressive asthearchitec- have changedandgrown beyond thespaceavailable inthese of thebuildings, butbecausetheusescontainedinbuildings othercases, buildingsareIn now obsolete, notdueto thequality age highervaluedevelopment. should berelocated inorder to otherplacesinthecity to encour are examplesofplaces that,dueto recent investment nearby, of theEast Village, andtheState’s maintenance andfillingstation theCity’s Public Riverfront, Moines of theDes Works south facility ferred. andwarehouse industrial useson thesoutheastside Some location inanarea wouldbe withlesstrafficandvisibility pre inthedowntownnot necessarily area. For someofthesefacilities, may need to becentrally-located,police andfire departments but andmaintenance facilitiesand,warehouse, potentially, service the potential to realize muchhighertaxablevalues. Industrial, now areas thatwere unenumbered now by have suchconcerns areas throughout downtown isintheprocess ofchanging and development encroaching. The highestandbestuseofsome somecases, obsolescenceisduetoIn significantly highervalue - -

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