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Cedar Rapids 2000 vision model by student in 1961
Cedar Rapids architectural student James H Rieniers built an 8 by 14 foot scale model of a Cedar Rapids in the year 2000 with a public auditorium near the Cedar River police station high rises on west side and a Greene Square Park civic center. The model was shown at Killians Department Store and featured in The Gazette October 1 1961. Rieniers now runs an office in Bradenton Florida and recalled the project when contacted.
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Magine
Cedar River
Cedar Rapids
Greene Square Park
James H. Rieniers
University of Houston
Killian’s Department
The
Gazette
Alice Smith
W. Howard Smith
James Rieniers
Bradenton
Fla
James H. Bleniets
James H. Rieniets