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Downtown Des Moines Blog Is Hot

October 31, 2007 in best of

A few updates about how hot this site has become.  This week (meaning Monday and Tuesday) I’ve been contacted by entertainers wanting to feature their upcoming shows here, politicians, magazines and even a television show.  Our rankings on Google and Yahoo are so high that when people are searching for pretty much anything about downtown [...]

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The Last 2007 Downtown Farmer’s Market Picutres

October 31, 2007 in court ave, farmers market

by Jo Hill

There was no doubt it was a fall market as everywhere you looked, there were pumpkins, squash, and gourds. We of, course, had to eat before leaving and also picked up some groceries at River Bend.

 

 

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Do More In Des Moines

October 31, 2007 in mid-week vids

If you’re a bum, be more of a bum in Des Moines!
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=jE2LxjPvozU[/youtube]

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Downtown Des Moines Last Farmer’s Market In 2007

October 31, 2007 in court ave, farmers market

by Jo Hill

Summer must be over. Last Saturday was the last Farmer’s Market for the 2007 summer, and as usual many, many people attended. But it seemed like there were more dogs then usual. Or maybe I just saw more I thought were cute.

 

 

 

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Downtown Des Moines Shopping

October 30, 2007 in photo

Don’t miss out!  #1 Hater can get his cheap eats!!!

 

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Walters In The News Again

October 30, 2007 in whiteline lofts

If you remember we wondered what the current situation with Walters was going to mean for Whiteline Lofts, we wanted to know if Whiteline Lofts would have anything happen due to their partners woes.
Walters has made the news again, this time in the Des Moines Register. Maybe, like what happened at Pinnacle, someone will [...]

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BJ Knapp & Jared Bernstein Think You’re Dumb

October 30, 2007 in hubbell, iowa realty, must see

In case you missed part one of this two-part article about the West End Lofts, here’s your link.  The source of these articles is found in the Des Moines Register right here.
In addition to talking about Hubbell’s conversion of the Mitchell Transmission Building into the West End Lofts this article gave some great insight into [...]

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West End Lofts

October 29, 2007 in coming to DSM, des moines register, living downtown, west end lofts

This is a two-part article, you’ll see the second part tomorrow. Both articles are entirely about this article in the Register highlighting Hubbell’s conversion of the Mitchell Transmission building into downtown’s newest place to live. This new place will be The West End Lofts, and the location (in my opinion) is pretty good….
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Huge Fire In Des Moines

October 29, 2007 in photo

There’s a huge fire raging in the Des Moines area, and I’ve got some pics for you.  Since this site is about downtown all these pics are of the great view!
If you’d like more info on the fire at Barton Solvents read about it from the Des Moines Register.

 

 

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Downtown Legend’s Is Great

October 29, 2007 in court ave, legend's, restaurants

I’m hearing nothing negative about Legend’s downtown–people love it. I did receive this however, has anyone else noticed this, or is it a one time thing?

We love Legends
But—–Saturday, a group of eight went to an early lunch at Legends. We were all in agreement this is one of our favorite places on [...]

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