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First Avenue Cedar Rapids Transforms With Center and Growth
Rumors of new development flood Cedar Rapids First Avenue East as the Five Seasons Community Center and Stouffer's Hotel rise. The project spurs competition, rising property values and city plans to lease a riverfront lot, while Interstate 380 reshapes downtown traffic and business focus shifts toward Second and Third avenues.
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First Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Five Seasons
Stouffer's
Osgood Shepherd
Five Seasons Community Center
Stouffer’s Hotel
Second
Third Avenues
Dale Piersall
Roosevelt Royale Hotel
Thompson
Civic Center
Fifth Street
Fifth Streets
First Avenue East
Palace Hotel
Clifton
Grand
Narva
Pullman House
Roosevelt Royale
Stouffer’s
IE Tower
Second Avenue
First
Second Streets
Cedar River Tower
New Stouffer Hotel
Brenton Bank