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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:21, 1 April 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l35">Line 35:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 35:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2005 a number of Main Street businesses sued the City and a list of contractors, architects, and consultants. In February, 2003 Dubuque County District Court Judge [[CURNAN, Robert|Robert CURNAN]] ruled the market value of each building would be the maximum damages the property owners could be awarded by a jury. The trial began in May, 2003. During the proceedings, the City settled with the original five property owners for $300,000. After a five-week trial, jurors found the City and four businesses involved in the construction responsible for damages and awarded the plaintiffs $1.28 million. (21) The City of Dubuque was sued by Maxim Technologies, Inc. for $500,000 in damages to the company in connection with the damages caused by the construction. The Iowa Supreme Court upheld the decision of Dubuque County District Court Judge Lawrence Fautsch in dismissing the case. (22)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2005 a number of Main Street businesses sued the City and a list of contractors, architects, and consultants. In February, 2003 Dubuque County District Court Judge [[CURNAN, Robert|Robert CURNAN]] ruled the market value of each building would be the maximum damages the property owners could be awarded by a jury. The trial began in May, 2003. During the proceedings, the City settled with the original five property owners for $300,000. After a five-week trial, jurors found the City and four businesses involved in the construction responsible for damages and awarded the plaintiffs $1.28 million. (21) The City of Dubuque was sued by Maxim Technologies, Inc. for $500,000 in damages to the company in connection with the damages caused by the construction. The Iowa Supreme Court upheld the decision of Dubuque County District Court Judge Lawrence Fautsch in dismissing the case. (22)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When heavy snow hit Dubuque in January, 2005 Dubuque's three city parking ramps were opened to downtown residents. Parking was free in ramps on Iowa, Locust, and Fourth <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[STREETS] </del>from Sunday until 9:00 a.M. Monday to allow street crews to remove snow from roadways. (23)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When heavy snow hit Dubuque in January, 2005 Dubuque's three city parking ramps were opened to downtown residents. Parking was free in ramps on Iowa, Locust, and Fourth <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">streets </ins>from Sunday until 9:00 a.M. Monday to allow street crews to remove snow from roadways. (23)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:mcgraw-hill.jpg|left|thumb|300px|McGraw-Hill parking ramp]] The need to replace aging equipment at Dubuque parking ramps <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">with </del>the city council to approve an expenditure of $570,000 in 2007. As a result of the upgrade, patrons would be able to use credit or prepaid cards, coins or cash in the new machines. The same procedure for entering the ramp would be for the driver to take a ticket. The new features would be present when exiting the lot. The ticket could be inserted into a slot in the machine or handed to a cashier. The machine calculated the time involved in parking based on a rate of fifty cents per hour to a maximum of seven dollars. After hours or when there was no cashier led to a flat rate of two dollars. The new equipment would be first installed in the McGraw-Hill lot in the [[PORT OF DUBUQUE]] where there was some public parking. The money for the new equipment came from parking fees. The Parking Division was self-supporting. (24)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:mcgraw-hill.jpg|left|thumb|300px|McGraw-Hill parking ramp]] The need to replace aging equipment at Dubuque parking ramps <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">led </ins>the city council to approve an expenditure of $570,000 in 2007. As a result of the upgrade, patrons would be able to use credit or prepaid cards, coins or cash in the new machines. The same procedure for entering the ramp would be for the driver to take a ticket. The new features would be present when exiting the lot. The ticket could be inserted into a slot in the machine or handed to a cashier. The machine calculated the time involved in parking based on a rate of fifty cents per hour to a maximum of seven dollars. After hours or when there was no cashier led to a flat rate of two dollars. The new equipment would be first installed in the McGraw-Hill lot in the [[PORT OF DUBUQUE]] where there was some public parking. The money for the new equipment came from parking fees. The Parking Division was self-supporting. (24)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Walker Parking Consultants in August, 2008 completed a downtown parking study. Its conclusions did not include the estimated 1,300 IBM workers planned for the Roshek Building. The consultants divided the downtown into five parking zones with the Town Clock area located in Zone 3.  The study reported that 1)localized pockets of demand created the perception that the parking supply was inadequate even though a surplus existed, 2) weekend parking in Zone 3 occupied about 71% of the spaces available, 3) the challenge in Zone 3 was the high percentage of reserved or restricted paring space which limits the supply when spaces are vacant, 4) Zone 3 would have an 85-space surplus (pre-IBM) within five to 10 years. (25)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Walker Parking Consultants in August, 2008 completed a downtown parking study. Its conclusions did not include the estimated 1,300 IBM workers planned for the Roshek Building. The consultants divided the downtown into five parking zones with the Town Clock area located in Zone 3.  The study reported that 1)localized pockets of demand created the perception that the parking supply was inadequate even though a surplus existed, 2) weekend parking in Zone 3 occupied about 71% of the spaces available, 3) the challenge in Zone 3 was the high percentage of reserved or restricted paring space which limits the supply when spaces are vacant, 4) Zone 3 would have an 85-space surplus (pre-IBM) within five to 10 years. (25)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:mainp.png|left|thumb|250px|Photo courtesy: Telegraph Herald]] The arrival of new [[IBM]] employees led to a proposal in April, 2009 to create a parking ramp for about 900 cars between 5th and 7th along the western side of Main.  At the time, the ramp appeared destined for the city lot at Fifth and Bluff. The location was not highly rated. Because of the bluff, the ramp would have to be a smaller facility. Another proposal <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was </del>the city lot next to the Fire Department headquarters at Ninth and Iowa. That site had not been highly rated either. Still viable was the intermodal facility at the Port of Dubuque. Plans for the train and bus depot included a parking ramp capable of handling up to 750 vehicles. The Transit Department offered free shuttle service from the Port area to downtown. Two ramps were also proposed for the Historic Millwork District.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:mainp.png|left|thumb|250px|Photo courtesy: Telegraph Herald]] The arrival of new [[IBM]] employees led to a proposal in April, 2009 to create a parking ramp for about 900 cars between 5th and 7th along the western side of Main.  At the time, the ramp appeared destined for the city lot at Fifth and Bluff. The location was not highly rated. Because of the bluff, the ramp would have to be a smaller facility. Another proposal <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">involved </ins>the city lot next to the Fire Department headquarters at Ninth and Iowa. That site had not been highly rated either. Still viable was the intermodal facility at the Port of Dubuque. Plans for the train and bus depot included a parking ramp capable of handling up to 750 vehicles. The Transit Department offered free shuttle service from the Port area to downtown. Two ramps were also proposed for the Historic Millwork District.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2011 the [[DIAMOND JO CASINO]] used the [[PORT OF DUBUQUE]] parking ramp for their valet parking. The city owned and operated the parking ramp for which the Diamond Jo was paying the costs of construction. The casino also reimbursed the city each year for the ramp&#039;s operation and maintenance costs. Within the ramp the casino used sixty-two parking spaces while there were 1,069 for public use. (26)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2011 the [[DIAMOND JO CASINO]] used the [[PORT OF DUBUQUE]] parking ramp for their valet parking. The city owned and operated the parking ramp for which the Diamond Jo was paying the costs of construction. The casino also reimbursed the city each year for the ramp&#039;s operation and maintenance costs. Within the ramp the casino used sixty-two parking spaces while there were 1,069 for public use. (26)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2019 a divided Dubuque City Council approved a development agreement between [[HEARTLAND FINANCIAL USA, INC.]] and [[COTTINGHAM AND BUTLER, INC.]]. Voting 4-2, the council <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">approve </del>the $12 million purchase of the Roshek Building tied to the construction by the city of a $20 million parking ramp on a site to be determined by December 31, 2022. The new ramp would be capable of providing 500 parking spaces for the anticipated growth in the number of employees working downtown. The city was also obligated to install lighting and call boxes between the new ramp and the Roshek Building. (27)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2019 a divided Dubuque City Council approved a development agreement between [[HEARTLAND FINANCIAL USA, INC.]] and [[COTTINGHAM AND BUTLER, INC.]]. Voting 4-2, the council <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">approved </ins>the $12 million purchase of the Roshek Building tied to the construction by the city of a $20 million parking ramp on a site to be determined by December 31, 2022. The new ramp would be capable of providing 500 parking spaces for the anticipated growth in the number of employees working downtown. The city was also obligated to install lighting and call boxes between the new ramp and the Roshek Building. (27)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Lighting used in the ramps, even during daylight hours in some locations was considered an element of safety. In older parking ramps lighting levels were low because of their design. Full walls, for example, did not allow natural lighting to be used. In other parking ramps lighting levels were controlled with times and photo cells. In 2010 the city budget included funds to replace the lighting systems in the Fifth Street and Locust Street ramps. The new computerized system was to be radio controlled and be activated by motion sensors and daylight monitoring equipment. There was an anticipated cost reduction in electric usage of 40%. (28)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Lighting used in the ramps, even during daylight hours in some locations was considered an element of safety. In older parking ramps lighting levels were low because of their design. Full walls, for example, did not allow natural lighting to be used. In other parking ramps lighting levels were controlled with times and photo cells. In 2010 the city budget included funds to replace the lighting systems in the Fifth Street and Locust Street ramps. The new computerized system was to be radio controlled and be activated by motion sensors and daylight monitoring equipment. There was an anticipated cost reduction in electric usage of 40%. (28)</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:22, 25 January 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l111">Line 111:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 111:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>28. Ask the TH, &quot;What&#039;s Purpose of Round-the-Clock Lighting?&quot; &#039;&#039;Telegraph Herald,&#039;&#039; September 19, 2010, p. 13</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>28. Ask the TH, &quot;What&#039;s Purpose of Round-the-Clock Lighting?&quot; &#039;&#039;Telegraph Herald,&#039;&#039; September 19, 2010, p. 13</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Technical assistance from Brian Cooper.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:21, 25 January 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Being researched</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:bluff6.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Locust Street ramp]] PARKING RAMP. In August, 1960 an appraisal of Dubuque public parking and traffic was made by Barton-Aschman.  The report concluded that the parking was then adequate, but a long-range study of parking needs should be made. In addressing the idea of &quot;parking ramps,&quot; the report insisted that to be effective, a parking ramp would have to be in the &quot;core area&quot; of the downtown. (1)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:bluff6.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Locust Street ramp]] PARKING RAMP. In August, 1960 an appraisal of Dubuque public parking and traffic was made by Barton-Aschman.  The report concluded that the parking was then adequate, but a long-range study of parking needs should be made. In addressing the idea of &quot;parking ramps,&quot; the report insisted that to be effective, a parking ramp would have to be in the &quot;core area&quot; of the downtown. (1)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:20, 25 January 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Being researched</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Being researched</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:bluff6.jpg|left|thumb|300px|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Bluff </del>Street ramp<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</del>]] PARKING RAMP. In August, 1960 an appraisal of Dubuque public parking and traffic was made by Barton-Aschman.  The report concluded that the parking was then adequate, but a long-range study of parking needs should be made. In addressing the idea of "parking ramps," the report insisted that to be effective, a parking ramp would have to be in the "core area" of the downtown. (1)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:bluff6.jpg|left|thumb|300px|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Locust </ins>Street ramp]] PARKING RAMP. In August, 1960 an appraisal of Dubuque public parking and traffic was made by Barton-Aschman.  The report concluded that the parking was then adequate, but a long-range study of parking needs should be made. In addressing the idea of "parking ramps," the report insisted that to be effective, a parking ramp would have to be in the "core area" of the downtown. (1)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the spring of 1961 Harold Marks of Victor Gruen Associates conducted a parking survey with the goal of solving the immediate problems of parking in the downtown area. Marks and a committee of citizens considered ten sites, but recommended the block bounded by Locust, Bluff, Eighth and Ninth for at least one two-level parking facility for its superior accessibility. Marks further estimated that a 250-car two-level garage could be built for about $770,000. (2)  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the spring of 1961 Harold Marks of Victor Gruen Associates conducted a parking survey with the goal of solving the immediate problems of parking in the downtown area. Marks and a committee of citizens considered ten sites, but recommended the block bounded by Locust, Bluff, Eighth and Ninth for at least one two-level parking facility for its superior accessibility. Marks further estimated that a 250-car two-level garage could be built for about $770,000. (2)  </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l21">Line 21:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 21:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1963 plans for a square block parking ramp bounded by Eighth, Ninth, Bluff and Locust drawn by National Garages, Inc. failed to meet the satisfaction of the council which called for alternative plans for a facility to hold close to 200 cars per level. (11) By 1965 the ramp&#039;s design provided for 449 spaces when the building was scheduled for completion during the summer. This ramp came at the expense of the [[DUBUQUE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE]] office building which was torn down sixty years after it was built.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1963 plans for a square block parking ramp bounded by Eighth, Ninth, Bluff and Locust drawn by National Garages, Inc. failed to meet the satisfaction of the council which called for alternative plans for a facility to hold close to 200 cars per level. (11) By 1965 the ramp&#039;s design provided for 449 spaces when the building was scheduled for completion during the summer. This ramp came at the expense of the [[DUBUQUE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE]] office building which was torn down sixty years after it was built.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:locust9.jpg|left|thumb|300px|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Locust </del>Street ramp<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</del>]] A parking ramp plan that would allow the city to construct one tier at a time was unveiled in February, 1968. When completed the ramp would cost an estimated $1,2000,000 with the bottom deck, a simple flat surface parking lot, installed for $100,000. The ramp would be split into two equal sections, one five feet higher than the other to match the slope of the land. The two upper tiers could be installed one at a time. The two second tiers would each cost $300,000. The ramp would be constructed on the west side of Iowa Street from Sixth to Eighth streets and hold 600 cars. (12)  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:locust9.jpg|left|thumb|300px|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Iowa </ins>Street ramp]] A parking ramp plan that would allow the city to construct one tier at a time was unveiled in February, 1968. When completed the ramp would cost an estimated $1,2000,000 with the bottom deck, a simple flat surface parking lot, installed for $100,000. The ramp would be split into two equal sections, one five feet higher than the other to match the slope of the land. The two upper tiers could be installed one at a time. The two second tiers would each cost $300,000. The ramp would be constructed on the west side of Iowa Street from Sixth to Eighth streets and hold 600 cars. (12)  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Construction was assisted by the Iowa Legislature which raised the maximum interest rates cities could pay on bonds. The law thus allowed cities to keep up with soaring interests that affected cities nationwide. In 1968 a revenue bond issue of $2 million for Dubuque&#039;s new sewage treatment plant was stalled because of the interest rate limitations. The city was able to issue $600,000 in revenue bonds for the Iowa Street ramp only because Dubuque&#039;s banks joined in as a community effort to share the financing. All other bids would have charged too much interest. (13)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Construction was assisted by the Iowa Legislature which raised the maximum interest rates cities could pay on bonds. The law thus allowed cities to keep up with soaring interests that affected cities nationwide. In 1968 a revenue bond issue of $2 million for Dubuque&#039;s new sewage treatment plant was stalled because of the interest rate limitations. The city was able to issue $600,000 in revenue bonds for the Iowa Street ramp only because Dubuque&#039;s banks joined in as a community effort to share the financing. All other bids would have charged too much interest. (13)</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 01:35, 15 February 2020</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l27">Line 27:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 27:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Iowa Street ramp offered abundant parking, but the opening of [[FIVE FLAGS CIVIC CENTER]] initially caused a serious problem. The second weekend the center was open, it took an hour and ten minutes to empty the ramp using the ticket-cashier procedure. Each driver was stopped at the exit to have the time in the ramp calculated and billed. (14)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Iowa Street ramp offered abundant parking, but the opening of [[FIVE FLAGS CIVIC CENTER]] initially caused a serious problem. The second weekend the center was open, it took an hour and ten minutes to empty the ramp using the ticket-cashier procedure. Each driver was stopped at the exit to have the time in the ramp calculated and billed. (14)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As a result of that, Iowa Street ramp customers were changed a uniform fifty cents to park there during Five Flags events. An agreement with the [[GRAND <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">THEATER</del>]] kept the ramp open for free on Sundays and holidays with the theater paying for its operation even if a person intended to attend a program at Five Flags. (15)  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As a result of that, Iowa Street ramp customers were changed a uniform fifty cents to park there during Five Flags events. An agreement with the [[GRAND <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">THEATRE</ins>]] kept the ramp open for free on Sundays and holidays with the theater paying for its operation even if a person intended to attend a program at Five Flags. (15)  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2009 a $35 million Northeast Iowa Community College bond levy included $83,000 for a pedestrian walkway connecting the third level of the Iowa Street ramp to the second floor of the Town Clock Center. NICC expected to split the cost with the city. Ironically to provide easy access to the downtown merchants, the city in 1985 had first announced plans to build a $50,000 public skywalk from the Iowa Street parking ramp to the Kresge building to facilitate business. (16)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2009 a $35 million Northeast Iowa Community College bond levy included $83,000 for a pedestrian walkway connecting the third level of the Iowa Street ramp to the second floor of the Town Clock Center. NICC expected to split the cost with the city. Ironically to provide easy access to the downtown merchants, the city in 1985 had first announced plans to build a $50,000 public skywalk from the Iowa Street parking ramp to the Kresge building to facilitate business. (16)</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:10, 13 February 2020</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Being researched</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Being researched</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:bluff6.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Bluff Street ramp. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Photo courtesy: Telegraph Herald</del>]] PARKING RAMP. In the spring of 1961 Harold Marks of Victor Gruen Associates conducted a parking survey with the goal of solving the immediate problems of parking in the downtown area. Marks and a committee of citizens considered ten sites, but recommended the block bounded by Locust, Bluff, Eighth and Ninth for at least one two-level parking facility for its superior accessibility. Marks further estimated that a 250-car two-level garage could be built for about $770,000. (1)  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:bluff6.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Bluff Street ramp.]] PARKING RAMP. In the spring of 1961 Harold Marks of Victor Gruen Associates conducted a parking survey with the goal of solving the immediate problems of parking in the downtown area. Marks and a committee of citizens considered ten sites, but recommended the block bounded by Locust, Bluff, Eighth and Ninth for at least one two-level parking facility for its superior accessibility. Marks further estimated that a 250-car two-level garage could be built for about $770,000. (1)  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The site had three tenants--the &#039;&#039;Telegraph Herald&#039;&#039;, Chamber of Commerce, and Franklin Roshek, a cousin of the owners of [[ROSHEK&#039;S DEPARTMENT STORE]]. Roshek owned a parcel of land along the west side of Locust that was used for parking mainly by professional people who had offices in the area. (2)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The site had three tenants--the &#039;&#039;Telegraph Herald&#039;&#039;, Chamber of Commerce, and Franklin Roshek, a cousin of the owners of [[ROSHEK&#039;S DEPARTMENT STORE]]. Roshek owned a parcel of land along the west side of Locust that was used for parking mainly by professional people who had offices in the area. (2)</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l19">Line 19:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 19:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1963 plans for a square block parking ramp bounded by Eighth, Ninth, Bluff and Locust drawn by National Garages, Inc. failed to meet the satisfaction of the council which called for alternative plans for a facility to hold close to 200 cars per level. (10) By 1965 the ramp&#039;s design provided for 449 spaces when the building was scheduled for completion during the summer. This ramp came at the expense of the [[DUBUQUE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE]] office building which was torn down sixty years after it was built.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1963 plans for a square block parking ramp bounded by Eighth, Ninth, Bluff and Locust drawn by National Garages, Inc. failed to meet the satisfaction of the council which called for alternative plans for a facility to hold close to 200 cars per level. (10) By 1965 the ramp&#039;s design provided for 449 spaces when the building was scheduled for completion during the summer. This ramp came at the expense of the [[DUBUQUE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE]] office building which was torn down sixty years after it was built.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:locust9.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Locust Street ramp. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Photo courtesy: Telegraph Herald</del>]] A parking ramp plan that would allow the city to construct one tier at a time was unveiled in February, 1968. When completed the ramp would cost an estimated $1,2000,000 with the bottom deck, a simple flat surface parking lot, installed for $100,000. The ramp would be split into two equal sections, one five feet higher than the other to match the slope of the land. The two upper tiers could be installed one at a time. The two second tiers would each cost $300,000. The ramp would be constructed on the west side of Iowa Street from Sixth to Eighth streets and hold 600 cars. (11)  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:locust9.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Locust Street ramp.]] A parking ramp plan that would allow the city to construct one tier at a time was unveiled in February, 1968. When completed the ramp would cost an estimated $1,2000,000 with the bottom deck, a simple flat surface parking lot, installed for $100,000. The ramp would be split into two equal sections, one five feet higher than the other to match the slope of the land. The two upper tiers could be installed one at a time. The two second tiers would each cost $300,000. The ramp would be constructed on the west side of Iowa Street from Sixth to Eighth streets and hold 600 cars. (11)  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Iowa Street ramp offered abundant parking, but the opening of [[FIVE FLAGS CIVIC CENTER]] initially caused a serious problem. The second weekend the center was open, it took an hour and ten minutes to empty the ramp using the ticket-cashier procedure. Each driver was stopped at the exit to have the time in the ramp calculated and billed. (12)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Iowa Street ramp offered abundant parking, but the opening of [[FIVE FLAGS CIVIC CENTER]] initially caused a serious problem. The second weekend the center was open, it took an hour and ten minutes to empty the ramp using the ticket-cashier procedure. Each driver was stopped at the exit to have the time in the ramp calculated and billed. (12)</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:37, 12 February 2020</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Being researched</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:bluff6.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Bluff Street ramp. Photo courtesy: Telegraph Herald]] PARKING RAMP. In the spring of 1961 Harold Marks of Victor Gruen Associates conducted a parking survey with the goal of solving the immediate problems of parking in the downtown area. Marks and a committee of citizens considered ten sites, but recommended the block bounded by Locust, Bluff, Eighth and Ninth for at least one two-level parking facility for its superior accessibility. Marks further estimated that a 250-car two-level garage could be built for about $770,000. (1)  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:bluff6.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Bluff Street ramp. Photo courtesy: Telegraph Herald]] PARKING RAMP. In the spring of 1961 Harold Marks of Victor Gruen Associates conducted a parking survey with the goal of solving the immediate problems of parking in the downtown area. Marks and a committee of citizens considered ten sites, but recommended the block bounded by Locust, Bluff, Eighth and Ninth for at least one two-level parking facility for its superior accessibility. Marks further estimated that a 250-car two-level garage could be built for about $770,000. (1)  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

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