Last year the parkade along First Avenue NE in Cedar Rapids was destroyed to make way for the new Cedar Rapids convention center. In order to document this event we set up several cameras including a GoPro inside the blast zone and a Canon DSLR with a 400mm F 2.8 lens. We had a [...]
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First Aveune Parkade Demolition
Debris fly as the parking ramp in the 200 block of First Ave. NE is brought down by explosives in July 2011 in Cedar Rapids. The parking ramp was demolished to make way for the new convention center that is being built by the city of Cedar Rapids. (Brian Ray/ The Gazette-KCRG)
How fast does that puck fly?
Jim Slosiarek shot our Cedar Rapids RoughRiders slap shot contest. This is the third year for the contest. Staff reporter Jeff Johnson manned the speed gun. Defenseman Greg Amlong clocked the fastest slapper at 94mph.
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Matt Mallow of Waupaca, Wisc., pours terrazzo in the hallway of the sixth floor at the new federal courthouse on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, in Cedar Rapids. The floor will be ground and polished to reveal the color of the stones. (Liz Martin/The Gazette/KCRG)
Staff Photojournalist Matt Love took a look at the workers and materiel at the rising Federal Courthouse in Cedar Rapids last month. The story that ran on KCRG-TV9
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