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Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Buildings coming down on Emerald Knights block
Crews from DW Zinser today began the demolition of buildings at the corner of Seventh Street and Second Avenue SE in Cedar Rapids, also known as the Emerald Knights site.
Earlier this year, Lagniappe and Zydeco Investments, which own most of the block between First and Second avenues SE and Seventh and Eighth streets SE, offered to sell the property to the city for $2.6 million, as the site for a new library.
The City Council has since selected the TrueNorth site, next to Greene Square Park, for the library.
The Emerald Knights block also has been suggested as a possible location for a new fire station.
Home Appliance, Jim's Tune-Up and Stained Glass Gallery all relocated in the past year, leaving the block vacant.
Demolition begins on the Emerald Knights block in downtown Cedar Rapids Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010. (Erik Arendt/The Gazette)
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