The Iowan Archives

March/April 2008

contents
volume 56 / number 4

features

12  STRUCTURE
      A Tale of Two Buildings
      Recycling Bricks, Mortar & Memories on the Iowa Landscape

18  TASTE
      From Notorious to Nurturing
      A Century of Asian Cafes in Iowa

26  NATURE’S JOURNAL
      Clarion Call
      Iowans made this project fly

30  Selling Iowa
      Marketing the State’s Attractions and Branding Its Identity

47 PORTFOLIO
      Where the Past Meets the Future

53  COMMUNITY
      Lucky Town
      Jewell Plays Its New Wild Card


departments

2   FROM THE EDITOR

3   LETTERS

4   POTLUCK
     Dishing up news, events, people, and ideas

69  IOWAN GUIDE
      A directory of attractions, B&Bs, and events

72  LAST WORD
      Iowa. No apologies.


ON THE COVER
Trumpeter swans grace Beamer's Pond in Hamilton County. Photo by Ty Smedes.

points of interest in this issue
Ames
Beamer's Pond
Blairsburg
Fairfield
Hamilton County
Jewell
Melrose
Muscatine
Pella
Spirit Lake

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