From 2016: How Iowa City remembered the devastating 2006 tornado 10 years later Andy Davis, Iowa City Press-Citizen
Editors note: This story was republished on April 13, 2021, the 15th anniversary of the tornado touching down in Iowa City. It was 8:35 Thursday night, April 13. I ll always remember the time because all of the clocks stopped when the electricity went out.
It s been 10 years since a tornado slammed into Gloria Walsh s Iowa City home and damaged it beyond recognition.
A reminder can still be seen in the checkerboard pattern of replaced brickwork near the top of the 930 Iowa Ave. home, rebuilt with salvaged bricks from a destroyed law firm near the old post office building downtown.
Editors note: This story was republished on April 13, 2021, the 15th anniversary of the tornado touching down in Iowa City. It was 8:35 Thursday night, April 13. I ll always remember the time because all of the clocks stopped when the electricity went out.
It s been 10 years since a tornado slammed into Gloria Walsh s Iowa City home and damaged it beyond recognition.
A reminder can still be seen in the checkerboard pattern of replaced brickwork near the top of the 930 Iowa Ave. home, rebuilt with salvaged bricks from a destroyed law firm near the old post office building downtown.
That night Walsh and her husband, Ron, were huddled in the basement of their 150-year-old home, watching for the latest weather reports. They had been out for dinner earlier in the evening and knew a storm was rolling in, but Walsh said they did not expect the tornado that would rip through downtown Iowa City and their neighborhood.
By Matt Jones
04/08/21
The University of New Mexico, located in Albuquerque, N.M., has announced plans to renovate a former sorority house into a center for the campus ROTC program. The decision was made not only from a sustainability standpoint, but also to provide the ROTC facilities with a much-needed upgrade. The UNM Board of Regents’ Finance and Facilities committee has approved a $9.5-million budget for the project that still has to be approved by the full board.
“The building isn’t in great shape right now,” said UNM student Kiera Hanley in reference to the peeling paint, broken windows, and crumbling exterior walls of the former Alpha Chi Omega sorority house. “But it will be nice to have use for it. I think it’s really important to try to sustain every building UNM has right now instead of using more resources than necessary. It’s a perfectly good building that needs renovating.”
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