City Park – Iowa City.
It’s interesting to look back through our city’s history and see that it’s always been important to have plenty of open space available to its residents.
So in 1839, as city planners laid out one-square mile of Iowa City, you can see from L. Judson’s map (above) that a City Park was an important component. In a later map developed in 1868 (below), you can see the artist’s rendition of that same City Park, located two blocks east of Old Capitol, between Iowa Avenue and Jefferson Street.
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