Live Blogging: Civic Center In The Early Days

Posted by Steve Lackmeyer

on September 8, 2010M at 10:56 am

Architect Rand Elliott is providing a history of the Civic Center park, noting it took the place of a rather annoying rail yard that literally cut downtown in half. Here’s a photo from Doug Loudenback’s excellent essay on Civic Center:

The future Civic Center. Notice the Skirvin in the horizon.

To read Doug’s history, go here.

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