Results tagged “floods of 2008” from DesMoinesIst

Here's how things still looked in Cedar Rapids just a couple of weeks ago. We can't forget that our neighbors still need help recovering. Things are getting better -- these photos mainly show damage, not the houses that have been rebuilt in many cases right next door -- but there's still a long way to go.

An interesting article appearing in the latest edition of Architectural Record documents the damage done to several buildings in eastern Iowa that were designed by prominent architects. They include a Cedar Rapids bank designed by Louis Sullivan and a house by Frank Lloyd Wright that sits in Charles City. A campaign to salvage the Wright-designed home is already underway.