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63-KPK-1
1983
68
2
Update: by May 2023, the motel remodeled into a Wyndham Garden.
26-OPO-30
1986
39
2
Update: in March 2024, Ankeny Hardware moved a mile to the north of its longtime location.
43-TPO-6
1992
137
3
And two years after I made my first comment, the Ramada remodeled into a Wyndham Garden.
1-ESC-30
1969
67
1
Northwest Boulevard (then Iowa Highway 130) at 51st Street and Marquette Street in Davenport. The house is still...
1-ESC-29
1969
65
1
Northwest corner of 53rd Street and Northwest Boulevard (then part of Iowa 130) in Davenport. I remember going...
2-ESC-2
1969
78
3
Sometime in the mid/late 1990s. I know the current Target opened just before I left for college, in 1996, and...
22-MST-10
1975
61
2
If you look close enough, you’ll see signs for Iowa Highway 317, which the state decommissioned in 1980. The...
10-APOL-12
1984
18
2
Former studios of KSO 1460 AM (now KXNO) and KGGO 94.9 FM off NE Broadway west of Altoona. Both stations have...
10-APOL-11
1984
27
2
Former studios of KSO 1460 AM (now KXNO) and KGGO 94.9 FM off NE Broadway west of Altoona. Both stations have...
5-APOL-16
1984
75
1
Gas station at the SE corner of IA 141 and NW 54th Avenue (now SE 37th Street in Grimes); now site of a QuikTrip...
5-APOL-15
1984
60
1
IA 141 north of I-35/80 in Grimes; building is now home to MP Nexlevel.
5-APOL-5
1984
96
1
Urbandale Health Care Center, NW corner of 84th & Meredith. They've expanded since this photo was taken...
5-APOL-6
1984
122
1
Plumwood Terrace Apartments on 86th Street south of I-35/80, Urbandale. This was about ten years before an interchange...
18-SPO-22
1985
7
1
Rising Sun Church of Christ, Pleasant Hill
16-SPO-21
1985
9
1
Four Mile Elementary School, Pleasant Hill
77-TPO-10
1992
4
1
Jester Park Golf Course
75-TPO-2
1992
15
1
City Hall, Polk City
75-TPO-1
1992
20
1
South corner of 3rd Street and Broadway, Polk City. The building at the top of the photo is City Hall. The building...
33-TPO-8
1992
13
1
Former Union 76 truck stop off I-80 at the Bondurant/Altoona exit; now closed and demolished.
33-TPO-4
1992
7
1
Farm near the I-80 rest areas west of Mitchellville.
14-IPO-1
1989
14
1
Former John Day Company building at the southeast corner of the I-35/Oralabor Road interchange in Ankeny; now...
25-APOL-12
1984
49
1
Former Smith’s Super Shoot water slides on IA 163 in Pleasant Hill. It expanded into the White Water University...
25-APOL-25
1984
30
1
The former Southeast Polk High School, now Southeast Polk Junior High after the new high school was built a...
25-APOL-27
1984
32
1
The former Southeast Polk High School, now Southeast Polk Junior High, in Pleasant Hill.
2-CPO-33
2000
21
2
Meredith West office park, Urbandale. There are now exit and entrance ramps to the south of the road (but not...
6-CPO-29
2000
15
1
Former Maurices distribution center on Merle Hay Road in Johnston; now Johnson Brothers of Iowa.
6-CPO-26
2000
15
1
Part of the Pioneer (now Corteva) complex, Johnston
6-CPO-25
2000
15
1
Part of the Pioneer (now Corteva) complex, Johnston
40-CJO-19
1981
5
1
2100 ACT Circle building in Iowa City, southwest of the I-80/IA 1 interchange.
37-BJOH-20
1973
51
1
Former Wickes Lumber at the northeast corner of old US 218 (Ranshaw Way) and Penn Avenue in North Liberty; now...