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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-07-06 CorrespondencePage 1 of 1 Marian Karr 2e(1) From: Jean Walker [walkersic@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 10:37 PM To: Council; sally-mason@uiowa.edu; newman.abuissa@dot.iowa.gov; Dale Helling; Rick Fosse; Rod Lehnertz; Bob Downer; Joe Bolkcom; Ross Wilburn; Amy Correia; Regenia Bailey; Matt Hayek; Mike Wright Cc: Jean Walker Subject: Re: Safety Issue with Iowa City Pedestrian Bridges Dear All, Thank you so much for working together to allow the replacement of the old railing on the pedestrian bridges with a new safer one. I, and the many people who will use it for years to come, appreciate it. Sincerely, Jean Walker 7/1/2009 Page 1 of 1 ~' Marian Karr From: walkersic@yahoo.com Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 1:31 PM To: Regenia Bailey; Matt Hayek; Mike Wright; Amy Correia; Ross Wilburn Cc: Marian Karr; Marcia Bollinger; Jean Walker Subject: Poster of Melrose Neighborhood Garages Dear Council Members, With great help from Marcia Bollinger and the Office of Neighborhood Services, I have produced an 18 x 24-inch poster of some of the historic garages in the Melrose Neighborhood. Our Neighborhood would like to present this poster to the City for display in City Hall so that the public can enjoy this part of Iowa City's rich heritage. Interim City Manager Dale Helling has suggested that the appropriate process would be to present it to the City Council and ask that it be displayed in City Hall. I would like to present this poster to the City Council at tonight's meeting during the time of public comment. Thank you, Jean Walker 7/6/2009 ~3 Presentation of a poster of Melrose Neighborhood Garages to the Iowa City City Council July 6, 2009 The Melrose Neighborhood would like to present the City with this poster of some of our historic garages, with the hope that it can be displayed in City Hall for the public to enjoy. It has both garages and carriage houses, thus showing the transition from the use of carriages to the use of cars in the Neighborhood. The garages have many different styles and these styles match those of the houses to which they belong, the houses ranging in age from 1870 to the early 1950s. For example, this carriage house, originally built as quarters for house servants, belongs to a Greek revival-Italianate house built in 1870. This garage belongs to a house built in the early 1950s in the architectural style of Frank Lloyd Wright. We hope that when people see this poster they will be encouraged to take a detailed look at the architectures of the houses and garages in their own neighborhoods -and that they will value their garages as an integral part of their properties along with their matching houses. Thank you.